Oestrogen-Independent Circadian Clock Gene Expression in the Anteroventral Periventricular Nucleus in Female Rats: Possible Role as an Integrator for Circadian and Ovarian Signals Timing the Luteinising Hormone Surge

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1273-1279

  Smarr, B L ^a,b   Gile, J J ^a   de la Iglesia, H O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian oscillators; Kisspeptin; Ovulation; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

ARGININE VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR 1A; ARGIPRESSIN RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GONADORELIN; KISSPEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROTRANSMITTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVPR1A GENE; BMAL1 GENE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; KISS1 GENE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MOLECULAR CLOCK; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; OVARIECTOMY; OVULATION; PER1 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; DNA PRIMERS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS, ANTERIOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVARY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84888242642     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jne.12104     Document Type: Article

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