Acute fasting-induced repression of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis is reversed by RF-9 administration in the adult male macaque

Hormone and Metabolic Research

Volumn 46, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 927-932

  Batool, A ^a   Naz, R ^a   Wazir, M ^a   Azam, A ^a   Ullah, R ^a   Wahab, F ^b   Shahab, M ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b KHYBER MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

fasting; GnIH; monkey; RF 9; RFRP 3; testosterone

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; NEUROPEPTIDE; RF AMIDE RELATED PEPTIDE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ADAMANTANE; ADAMANTYLCARBONYL-ARGINYL-PHENYLALANINAMIDE; DIPEPTIDE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; PEPTIDE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MALE; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; RHESUS MONKEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DIET RESTRICTION; DRUG EFFECTS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GONAD; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MACACA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAMANTANE; ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVENOUS; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIPEPTIDES; FASTING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GONADS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MACACA; MALE; PEPTIDES; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84915733714     PISSN: 00185043     EISSN: 14394286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1387788     Document Type: Article

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