Obligatory role of hypothalamic neuroestradiol during the estrogen-induced LH surge in female ovariectomized rhesus monkeys

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 114, Issue 52, 2017, Pages 13804-13809

  Kenealy, Brian P ^a   Keen, Kim L ^a   Garcia, James P ^a   Kohlenberg, Lucille K ^a   Terasawa, Ei ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatase; GnRH; Kisspeptin; Neuroestradiol; Preovulatory surge

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTRADIOL DERIVATIVE; GONADORELIN; HYPOTHALAMUS HORMONE; KISSPEPTIN; LETROZOLE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NEUROESTRADIOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; ANIMAL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; METABOLISM; OVARIECTOMY;

ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MACACA MULATTA; OVARIECTOMY;

EID: 85039714633     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1716097115     Document Type: Article

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