Effects of intravenous administration of neurokinin receptor subtypeselective agonists on gonadotropin-releasing hormone pulse generator activity and luteinizing hormone secretion in goats

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 20-29

  Yamamura, Takashi ^a   Wakabayashi, Yoshihiro ^a   Ohkura, Satoshi ^b   Navarro, Victor M ^c   Okamura, Hiroaki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

GnRH pulse generator; Goat; NK1R agonist; NK2R agonist; NK3R agonist

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS;

5 AMINOVALERYLSUBSTANCE P [7-11][9 PROLINE 10 (N METHYLLEUCINE)]; ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN; KISSPEPTIN; LIGAND; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR; NEUROKININ 2 RECEPTOR; NEUROKININ 3 RECEPTOR; NEUROKININ A; NEUROKININ A (3-10), LYSYL(3)-GLYCYL(8)-R-LACTAM-LEUCINE(9)-; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; SENKTIDE; SUBSTANCE P;

AGONISTS; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GOAT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME;

ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GOATS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; KISSPEPTINS; LIGANDS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NEUROKININ A; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RECEPTORS, NEUROKININ-1; RECEPTORS, NEUROKININ-2; RECEPTORS, NEUROKININ-3; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBSTANCE P; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84923385494     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.2014-109     Document Type: Article

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