Neuroendocrine Control of the Ovarian Cycle of the Rat

Mechanisms of TGF-β Signaling from Cell Membrane to the Nucleus

2003 • 5,611 citations

The hypocretins: Hypothalamus-specific peptides with neuroexcitatory activity

1998 • 3,711 citations

Dopamine Receptors: From Structure to Function

1998 • 3,489 citations

TheGPR54Gene as a Regulator of Puberty

2003 • 2,419 citations

Prolactin: Structure, Function, and Regulation of Secretion

2000 • 2,336 citations

Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism due to loss of function of the KiSS1-derived peptide receptor GPR54

2003 • 2,313 citations

Isolated removal of hypothalamic or other brain nuclei of the rat

1973 • 1,421 citations

Hypophysial Responses to Continuous and Intermittent Delivery of Hypothalamic Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone

1978 • 1,363 citations

Plasma Concentration of LH, FSH, Prolactin, Progesterone and Estradiol-17β Throughout the 4-Day Estrous Cycle of the Rat

1974 • 1,296 citations

The Control of Progesterone Secretion During the Estrous Cycle and Early Pseudopregnancy in the Rat: Prolactin, Gonadotropin and Steroid Levels Associated with Rescue of the Corpus Luteum of Pseudopregnancy¹²

1975 • 1,281 citations

Sex and internal secretions

1961 • 1,211 citations

A Role for Kisspeptins in the Regulation of Gonadotropin Secretion in the Mouse

2004 • 1,106 citations

PROPOSAL FOR A CLASSIFICATION OF OOCYTES AND FOLLICLES IN THE MOUSE OVARY

1968 • 1,058 citations

Structure of the porcine LH- and FSH-releasing hormone. I. The proposed amino acid sequence

1976 • 1,025 citations

Dopamine as a Prolactin (PRL) Inhibitor

2001 • 906 citations

Kisspeptin Signaling in the Brain

2009 • 805 citations

A Novel Avian Hypothalamic Peptide Inhibiting Gonadotropin Release

2000 • 791 citations

Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone: One Polypeptide Regulates Secretion of Luteinizing and Follicle-Stimulating Hormones

1971 • 747 citations

Role of leptin in hypothalamic–pituitary function

1997 • 744 citations

Dopamine: A Prolactin-Inhibiting Hormone*

1985 • 735 citations

Complementary DNA sequences of ovarian follicular fluid inhibin show precursor structure and homology with transforming growth factor-β

1985 • 722 citations

Minireview: Kisspeptin/Neurokinin B/Dynorphin (KNDy) Cells of the Arcuate Nucleus: A Central Node in the Control of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Secretion

2010 • 721 citations

Regulation of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Secretion by Kisspeptin/Dynorphin/Neurokinin B Neurons in the Arcuate Nucleus of the Mouse

2009 • 717 citations

Oxytocin is required for nursing but is not essential for parturition or reproductive behavior.

1996 • 712 citations

ASSAY OF THE FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE BASED ON THE AUGMENTATION WITH HUMAN CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN

1953 • 696 citations

Oocyte Generation in Adult Mammalian Ovaries by Putative Germ Cells in Bone Marrow and Peripheral Blood

2005 • 687 citations

Neural Regulation of Luteinizing Hormone Secretion in the Rat*

1983 • 600 citations

Anatomical neuroendocrinology

1982 • 592 citations

Effects of naloxone, morphine and methionine enkephalin on serum prolactin, luteinizing hormone, follicle stimulating hormone, thyroid stimulating hormone and growth hormone

1977 • 579 citations

Definition of Estrogen Receptor Pathway Critical for Estrogen Positive Feedback to Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neurons and Fertility

2006 • 561 citations

A prolactin-releasing peptide in the brain

1998 • 561 citations

Distinct Hypothalamic Neurons Mediate Estrogenic Effects on Energy Homeostasis and Reproduction

2011 • 552 citations

Involvement of Anteroventral Periventricular Metastin/Kisspeptin Neurons in Estrogen Positive Feedback Action on Luteinizing Hormone Release in Female Rats

2007 • 545 citations

Leptin's Actions on the Reproductive Axis: Perspectives and Mechanisms

1999 • 542 citations

A 24-HOUR PERIODICITY IN THE “LH-RELEASE APPARATUS” OF FEMALE RATS, DISCLOSED BY BARBITURATE SEDATION¹

1950 • 537 citations

Role of Estrogen as Initiator of Daily LH Surges in the Ovariectomized Rat¹²

1975 • 534 citations

Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Receptors: Characterization, Physiological Regulation, and Relationship to Reproductive Function

1981 • 530 citations

Identification and characterization of a gonadotropin-inhibitory system in the brains of mammals

2006 • 529 citations

Absence of oestradiol concentration in cell nuclei of LHRH-immunoreactive neurones

1983 • 526 citations

Kiss1 −/− Mice Exhibit More Variable Hypogonadism than Gpr54−/− Mice

2007 • 521 citations

Leptin Is a Metabolic Gate for the Onset of Puberty in the Female Rat

1997 • 506 citations

Identification of the vasopressin producing and of the oxytocin producing neurons in the hypothalamic magnocellular neurosecretory system of the rat

1975 • 493 citations

Gonadotropin-releasing hormone surge in pro-oestrous rats

1976 • 493 citations

Involvement of Central Metastin in the Regulation of Preovulatory Luteinizing Hormone Surge and Estrous Cyclicity in Female Rats

2005 • 485 citations

Peptides in the Brain: The New Endocrinology of the Neuron

1978 • 481 citations

THE PREPARATION, IDENTIFICATION AND ASSAY OF PROLACTIN—A HORMONE OF THE ANTERIOR PITUITARY

1933 • 467 citations

Kisspeptin–GPR54 Signaling Is Essential for Preovulatory Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neuron Activation and the Luteinizing Hormone Surge

2008 • 465 citations

Dual Endocrine Activity of the Testes

1932 • 451 citations

Isolation and partial characterization of follistatin: a single-chain Mr 35,000 monomeric protein that inhibits the release of follicle-stimulating hormone.

1987 • 448 citations

Characterization of the Potent Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Activity of KiSS-1 Peptide, the Natural Ligand of GPR54

2004 • 443 citations

Isolation and partial characterization of a Mr 32,000 protein with inhibin activity from porcine follicular fluid.

1985 • 434 citations

Estrogen Secretion by the Rat Ovaryin VivoDuring the Estrous Cycle and Pregnancy

1969 • 429 citations

The Regulation of the Mammalian Corpus Luteum

1981 • 426 citations

GABA- and Glutamate-Activated Channels in Green Fluorescent Protein-Tagged Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neurons in Transgenic Mice

1999 • 415 citations

Purification, amino acid composition and N-terminus of the hypothalamic luteinizing hormone releasing factor (LRF) of ovine origin

1971 • 413 citations

Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone Release during the Rat Estrous Cycle and after Ovariectomy, as Estimated with Push-Pull Cannulae*

1982 • 407 citations

Serum Prolactin Levels in Rats During Different Reproductive States

1970 • 403 citations

Hormone Secretion of the Anterior Pituitary Gland After Physical Interruption of All Nervous Pathways to the Hypophysiotrophic Area

1965 • 397 citations

Estrone and Estradiol Levels in the Ovarian Venous Blood from Rats During the Estrous Cycle and Pregnancy*

1971 • 384 citations

Dopamine in Hypophysial Portal Plasma of the Rat During the Estrous Cycle and Throughout Pregnancy1

1977 • 376 citations

Minireview: Kisspeptin Neurons as Central Processors in the Regulation of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Secretion

2005 • 367 citations

Frontiers in neuroendocrinology

1979 • 361 citations

The permeability of the hypophysis and hypothalamus to vital dyes, with a study of the hypophyseal vascular supply

1936 • 358 citations

Circadian Clock Mutation Disrupts Estrous Cyclicity and Maintenance of Pregnancy

2004 • 351 citations

Neuroendocrinology of Reproduction

1981 • 345 citations

Pattern of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) Secretion Leading up to Ovulation in the Ewe: Existence of a Preovulatory GnRH Surge^*

1991 • 339 citations

Protein Hormone Action: A Key to Understanding Ovarian Follicular and Luteal Cell Development

1976 • 337 citations

Kisspeptin Acts Directly and Indirectly to Increase Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neuron Activity and Its Effects Are Modulated by Estradiol

2007 • 334 citations

[Human pituitary gonadotropins].

1966 • 334 citations

A Daily Signal for the LH Surge in the Rat

1975 • 331 citations

Leptin’s effect on puberty in mice is relayed by the ventral premammillary nucleus and does not require signaling in Kiss1 neurons

2010 • 329 citations

The Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone (LHRH) Systems in the Rat Brain

1982 • 326 citations

Aspects of Hypothalamic Regulation of the Pituitary Gland

1978 • 314 citations

Expression and Localization of the Leptin Receptor in Endocrine and Neuroendocrine Tissues of the Rat

1997 • 313 citations

Timing and completion of puberty in female mice depend on estrogen receptor α-signaling in kisspeptin neurons

2010 • 312 citations

Functional grafts of the anterior pituitary gland

1952 • 310 citations

Neuroendocrine Control of Prolactin Secretion

1983 • 305 citations

Prolactin Release by Vasoactive Intestinal Polypeptide in Rats*

1978 • 302 citations

A Radioimmunoassay for Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (Gn-RH) in Serum1

1973 • 302 citations

Characterization of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Gonadal Axis in Estrogen Receptor (ER) Null Mice Reveals Hypergonadism and Endocrine Sex Reversal in Females Lacking ERα But Not ERβ

2003 • 298 citations

LRF producing cells of the mammalian hypothalamus

1973 • 297 citations

Gonad hormone functions, and the reciprocal influence between gonads and hypophysis with its bearing on the problem of sex hormone antagonism

1932 • 296 citations

Relationship of Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase Immunoreactivity to GnRH Neurons in the Ovariectomized and Intact Female Rat

1996 • 290 citations

Measurement of Serum Steroid and Gonadotropin Levels and Uterine and Ovarian Variables throughout 4 Day and 5 Day Estrous Cycles in the Rat1

1979 • 288 citations

Prenatal androgens alter GABAergic drive to gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons: Implications for a common fertility disorder

2004 • 282 citations

RFamide-Related Peptide-3, a Mammalian Gonadotropin-Inhibitory Hormone Ortholog, Regulates Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neuron Firing in the Mouse

2009 • 281 citations

Activation of A-Type γ-Aminobutyric Acid Receptors Excites Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neurons

2002 • 280 citations

A Quantitative Analysis of the Physiological Role of Estradiol and Progesterone in the Control of Tonic and Surge Secretion of Luteinizing Hormone in the Rat*

1978 • 279 citations

Catecholaminergic Modulation of Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone Release by Median Eminence Terminalsin Vitro*

1979 • 270 citations

PROGESTERONE AND ESTROGEN IN THE EXPERIMENTAL CONTROL OF OVULATION TIME AND OTHER FEATURES OF THE ESTROUS CYCLE IN THE RAT

1948 • 267 citations

Glutamate: A Major Excitatory Transmitter in Neuroendocrine Regulation

1995 • 266 citations

Nitric oxide synthase in the rat anterior pituitary gland and the role of nitric oxide in regulation of luteinizing hormone secretion.

1993 • 265 citations

Levels of trkA and BDNF mRNA, but not NGF mRNA, fluctuate across the estrous cycle and increase in response to acute hormone replacement

1998 • 260 citations

Regulation of Pituitary Receptors for Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone during the Rat Estrous Cycle

1980 • 251 citations

Projections of the sexually dimorphic anteroventral periventricular nucleus in the female rat

1997 • 251 citations

Puberty in monkeys is triggered by chemical stimulation of the hypothalamus.

1989 • 250 citations

In Vivo and in Vitro Effects of Substance P and Neurotensin on Gonadotropin and Prolactin Release*

1979 • 249 citations

Pituitary Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Receptors During the Rat Estrous Cycle

1980 • 249 citations

Morphometric Analysis of Foilicular Development in the Rat

1978 • 240 citations

Galanin is an estrogen-inducible, secretory product of the rat anterior pituitary.

1988 • 240 citations

Evidence for Estrogen-Receptive GABAergic Neurons in the Preoptic/Anterior Hypothalamic Area of the Rat Brain

1986 • 239 citations

Hypophysiotropic role of RFamide-related peptide-3 in the inhibition of LH secretion in female rats

2008 • 239 citations

A PRIMING EFFECT OF LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR ON THE ANTERIOR PITUITARY GLAND IN THE FEMALE RAT

1974 • 237 citations

Short communication

1998 • 233 citations

Progesterone and Pregn-4-en-20α-ol-3-one in Ovarian Venous Blood During Various Reproductive States in the Rat¹

1968 • 233 citations

Periovulatory Patterns of Rat Serum Follicle Stimulating Hormone and Luteinizing Hormone During the Normal Estrous Cycle: Effects of Pentobarbital

1971 • 232 citations

Effect of “Stress” on Serum Prolactin and Luteinizing Hormone Levels During the Estrous Cycle of the Rat¹

1970 • 230 citations

Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide: Evidence for a Hypothalamic Site of Action to Release Growth Hormone, Luteinizing Hormone, and Prolactin in Conscious Ovariectomized Rats*

1979 • 229 citations

Site of Production of Oestrogen in Rat Ovary as Studied in Micro‐Transplants

1960 • 228 citations

Complementary Deoxyribonucleic Acid (cDNA) Cloning and DNA Sequence Analysis of Rat Ovarian Inhibins*

1987 • 228 citations

Sexual Differences in the Hypothalamic Regulation of Prolactin Secretion12

1972 • 224 citations

A NEUROGENIC TIMING FACTOR IN CONTROL OF THE OVULATORY DISCHARGE OF LUTEINIZING HORMONE IN THE CYCLIC RAT¹

1949 • 219 citations

Activation of Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone Release Advances the Onset of Female Puberty

1987 • 218 citations

Evidence for a Physiological Role for Oxytocin in the Control of Prolactin Secretion*

1986 • 216 citations

Alternative role for prolactin-releasing peptide in the regulation of food intake

2000 • 215 citations

Efferent connections of the rat suprachiasmatic nucleus

1981 • 214 citations

Dynamics of ovarian function

1982 • 213 citations

The changes in the vascular pattern of the ovary of the albino rat during the estrous cycle

1943 • 212 citations

Rat Inhibin: Molecular Cloning of α- and β-Subunit Complementary Deoxyribonucleic Acids and Expression in the Ovary

1987 • 209 citations

Application of the silver-gold intensified 3,3′ -diaminobenzidine chromogen to the light and electron microscopic detection of the luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone system of the rat brain

1984 • 206 citations

Critical Roles of Kisspeptins in Female Puberty and Preovulatory Gonadotropin Surges as Revealed by a Novel Antagonist

2009 • 206 citations

Organization and regulation of sexually dimorphic neuroendocrine pathways

1998 • 206 citations

LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR IN PITUITARY STALK PLASMA FROM LONG-TERM OVARIECTOMIZED RATS: EFFECTS OF STEROIDS

1980 • 204 citations

Alterations in RFamide-Related Peptide Expression Are Coordinated with the Preovulatory Luteinizing Hormone Surge

2008 • 204 citations

Activin Signal Transduction Pathways

2000 • 203 citations

In Vivo Release of Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone Estimated with Push-Pull Cannulae from the Mediobasal Hypothalami of Ovariectomized, Steroid- Primed Rats*

1980 • 203 citations

SECRETION OF “INHIBIN” BY RAT GRANULOSA CELLS IN VITRO1

1978 • 201 citations

Ovarian and Hypothalamic Control of the Daily Surges of Prolactin Secretion During Pseudopregnancy in the Rat¹²

1974 • 198 citations

Control of the Proestrus Surge of Prolactin and Luteinizing Hormone Secretion by Estrogens in the Rat12

1971 • 198 citations

Dual-Phenotype GABA/Glutamate Neurons in Adult Preoptic Area: Sexual Dimorphism and Function

2004 • 197 citations

The Site of the Positive Feedback Action of Estradiol in the Rat*

1978 • 196 citations

LHRH immunopositive cells and their projections to the median eminence and organum vasculosum of the lamina terminalis

1982 • 195 citations

LH-Releasing Activity in Hypothalamic Extracts

1960 • 193 citations

An autoradiographic determination of the efferent projections of the suprachiasmatic nucleus of the hypothalamus

1981 • 193 citations

Histochemical Localization of Nitric Oxide Neurons in the Hypothalamus: Association with Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neurons and Co-Localization with N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptors

1995 • 192 citations

Comparative Morphology of the Mammalian Ovary

1973 • 192 citations

Dependence of fertility on kisspeptin–Gpr54 signaling at the GnRH neuron

2013 • 190 citations

Inhibin A and inhibin B are inversely correlated to follicle-stimulating hormone, yet are discordant during the follicular phase of the rat estrous cycle, and inhibin A is expressed in a sexually dimorphic manner.

1996 • 189 citations

Termination at Midpregnancy of the Two Daily Surges of Plasma Prolactin Initiated by Mating in the Rat

1976 • 189 citations

Neurokinin B and the hypothalamic regulation of reproduction

2010 • 187 citations

Morphological Evidence for Direct Interaction between Arcuate Nucleus Neuropeptide Y (NPY) Neurons and Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neurons and the Possible Involvement of NPY Y1 Receptors1

1999 • 186 citations

Nonclassical estrogen receptor α signaling mediates negative feedback in the female mouse reproductive axis

2007 • 186 citations

The Mating-induced Release of Prolactin: A Unique Neuroendrocine Response*

1983 • 186 citations

PERIPHERAL PLASMA OESTRADIOL AND LUTEINIZING HORMONE CONCENTRATIONS DURING THE OESTROUS CYCLE OF THE RAT

1970 • 185 citations

Kisspeptin Signalling in the Hypothalamic Arcuate Nucleus Regulates GnRH Pulse Generator Frequency in the Rat

2009 • 185 citations

Possible Role of Dopamine as Transmitter To Promote Discharge of LH-Releasing Factor

1969 • 183 citations

An Estrogen Receptor (ER)α Deoxyribonucleic Acid-Binding Domain Knock-In Mutation Provides Evidence for Nonclassical ER Pathway Signaling in Vivo

2002 • 180 citations

Regulation ofKiss1andDynorphinGene Expression in the Murine Brain by Classical and Nonclassical Estrogen Receptor Pathways

2009 • 180 citations

Catecholamine Turnover Rates in Discrete Hypothalamic Areas and Associated Changes in Median Eminence Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone and Serum Gonadotropins on Proestrus and Diestrous Day 1*

1981 • 179 citations

Immunocytochemical Localization of Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone in Male and Female Rat Brains

1983 • 179 citations

Anatomical Distribution of Prolactin-Releasing Peptide and Its Receptor Suggests Additional Functions in the Central Nervous System and Periphery

1999 • 178 citations

Identification and characterization of estrogen receptor ?-containing neurons projecting to the vicinity of the gonadotropin-releasing hormone perikarya in the rostral preoptic area of the rat

1999 • 178 citations

Comparative morphology of the mammalian ovary

1973 • 177 citations

Neurobiological mechanisms underlying GnRH pulse generation by the hypothalamus

2010 • 177 citations

Effect of Antibodies to 17β-Estradiol and Progesterone on the Estrous Cycle of the Rat

1969 • 177 citations

Effect of GABA on GnRH Neurons Switches from Depolarization to Hyperpolarization at Puberty in the Female Mouse

2002 • 176 citations

Estradiol-Induced Increase of the LH Responsiveness to LH Releasing Hormone (LHRH) in Rat Anterior Pituitary Cells in Culture

1976 • 175 citations

Arcuate Kisspeptin/Neurokinin B/Dynorphin (KNDy) Neurons Mediate the Estrogen Suppression of Gonadotropin Secretion and Body Weight

2012 • 173 citations

Evidence for Noradrenergic Mediation of Opioid Effects on Luteinizing Hormone Secretion*

1981 • 172 citations

Cells Expressing RFamide-Related Peptide-1/3, the Mammalian Gonadotropin-Inhibitory Hormone Orthologs, Are Not Hypophysiotropic Neuroendocrine Neurons in the Rat

2008 • 172 citations

Endocrine Defects in Mice Carrying a Null Mutation for the Progesterone Receptor Gene*

1997 • 169 citations

Neuropeptide Y Stimulates the Release of Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone from Medial Basal Hypothalamus in vitro: Modulation by Ovarian Hormones

1987 • 167 citations

Inhibin Is an Antagonist of Bone Morphogenetic Protein Signaling

2003 • 166 citations

Direct Activation of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Secretion Through Different Receptors to Neuroexcitatory Amino Acids

1989 • 165 citations

Direct Regulation of GnRH Neuron Excitability by Arcuate Nucleus POMC and NPY Neuron Neuropeptides in Female Mice

2012 • 165 citations

Lesions of the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus Indicate the Presence of a Direct Vasoactive Intestinal Polypeptide‐Containing Projection to Gonadotrophin‐Releasing Hormone Neurons in the Female Rat

1993 • 165 citations

Semicircadian Rhythm in Plasma Levels of Prolactin During Early Gestation in the Rat

1972 • 163 citations

Immunocytochemical Localization of Prolactin-Releasing Peptide in the Rat Brain

1999 • 162 citations

The length of heat in the albino rat as determined by the copulatory response

1941 • 161 citations

Anatomy of the kisspeptin neural network in mammals

2010 • 161 citations

Opiate Receptors Modulate LHRH and SRIF Release from Mediobasal Hypothalamic Neurons

1981 • 161 citations

Absence of Gonadotropin Surges and Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Self-Priming in Ovariectomized (OVX), Estrogen (E2)-Treated, Progesterone Receptor Knockout (PRKO) Mice*

1999 • 161 citations

Stimulation of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Surges by Estrogen. I. Role of Hypothalamic Progesterone Receptors

2000 • 160 citations

Adrenal and Ovarian Steroid Secretion in the Rat Estrous Cycle Temporally Related to Gonadotropins and Steroid Levels Found in Peripheral Plasma

1975 • 159 citations

Evidence that nitric oxide may mediate the ovarian steroid-induced luteinizing hormone surge: involvement of excitatory amino acids.

1993 • 159 citations

Neuroendocrine Regulation of Pulsatile Luteinizing Hormone Release in the Rat

1980 • 159 citations

Divergent roles of growth factors in the GnRH regulation of puberty in mice

2010 • 158 citations

Effects of neuropeptide Y, NPY analog (norleucine4-NPY), galanin and neuropeptide K on LH release in ovariectomized (ovx) and ovx estrogen, progesterone-treated rats

1987 • 158 citations

The Phases of the Oestrous Cycle in the Adult White Rat

1951 • 158 citations

Influence of Endogenous Leptin Tone on the Estrous Cycle and Luteinizing Hormone Pulsatility in Female Rats

1997 • 158 citations

Gonadotropin inhibitory hormone inhibits basal forebrain vGluT2‐gonadotropin‐releasing hormone neurons via a direct postsynaptic mechanism

2009 • 157 citations

Biphasic Effect of Progesterone on the Release of Gonadotropin in Rats

1971 • 155 citations

Release of Luteinizing Hormone Induced by Estrogen Injection Into Ovariectomized Rats

1971 • 153 citations

Extinction of the Estrogen-Induced Daily Signal for LH Release in the Rat: A Role for the Proestrous Surge of Progesterone

1976 • 153 citations

Re-Evaluation of the Role of Catecholamines in Control of Gonadotropin and Prolactin Release

1978 • 151 citations

Vasopressin induces a luteinizing hormone surge in ovariectomized, estradiol-treated rats with lesions of the suprachiasmatic nucleus

1999 • 151 citations

Pulsatile LH Release During Periods of Low Level LH Secretion in the Rat Estrous Cycle1

1981 • 150 citations

Characterisation of Arcuate Nucleus Kisspeptin/Neurokinin B Neuronal Projections and Regulation during Lactation in the Rat

2010 • 150 citations

Mechanism of mammalian ovulation

1989 • 150 citations

LH-RH-Containing Neural Elements in the Rat Hypothalamus¹

1975 • 149 citations

Estradiol Regulation of Nitric Oxide Synthase mRNAs in Rat Hypothalamus

1996 • 148 citations

Sex Steroids and the Control of the Kiss1 System: Developmental Roles and Major Regulatory Actions

2011 • 148 citations

Pulsatile LH Release During the Ovulatory LH Surge on Proestrus in the Rat1

1981 • 146 citations

Observation of the hypophysioportal vessels of the living rat

1949 • 144 citations

Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone (LH-RH) Content of the Hypothalamic Nuclei in Rat

1974 • 144 citations

Preoptic Catecholamine, GABA, and Glutamate Release in Ovariectomized and Ovariectomized Estrogen-Primed Rats Utilizing a Push-Pull Cannula Technique

1985 • 143 citations

Transcriptional analysis of tyrosine hydroxylase gene expression in the tuberoinfundibular dopaminergic neurons of the rat arcuate nucleus after estrogen treatment.

1987 • 142 citations

LEVELS OF FOLLICLE-STIMULATING HORMONE, LUTEINIZING HORMONE, OESTRADIOL-17β AND PROGESTERONE, AND FOLLICULAR GROWTH IN THE PSEUDOPREGNANT RAT

1975 • 138 citations

Endogenous Excitatory Amino Acid Involvement in the Preovulatory and Steroid-Induced Surge of Gonadotropins in the Female Rat*

1991 • 137 citations

In vivo and in vitro effects of cholecystokinin on gonadotropin, prolactin, growth hormone and thyrotropin release in the rat

1979 • 136 citations

Orexin A Interactions in the Hypothalamo-Pituitary Gonadal Axis

2001 • 135 citations

Response of the Adult Rat to Orchidectomy and Ovariectomy as Determined by LH Radioimmunoassay¹

1969 • 135 citations

Endogenous γ-Aminobutyric Acid Can Excite Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neurons

2005 • 134 citations

Estradiol Induces Diurnal Shifts in GABA Transmission to Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neurons to Provide a Neural Signal for Ovulation

2007 • 134 citations

Effect on Luteinizing Hormone Secretion of GABA Receptor Modulation in the Medial Preoptic Area at the Time of Proestrous Luteinizing Hormone Surge

1991 • 133 citations

Fate of the initial follicle pool: Empirical and mathematical evidence supporting its sufficiency for adult fertility

2006 • 132 citations

Prolactin: The Initial Luteotropic Stimulus of Pseudopregnancy in the Rat

1976 • 131 citations

CParticipation of Serotonin in the Phasic Release of LH. I. Evidence from Pharmacological Experiments

1976 • 131 citations

Patterns of gonadotrophin secretion associated with ovulation.

1970 • 130 citations

Stimulation of corticotropin-releasing hormone-mediated adrenocorticotropin secretion by central administration of prolactin-releasing peptide in rats

2000 • 130 citations

Evidence That Hypothalamic Periventricular Dopamine Neurons Innervate the Intermediate Lobe of the Rat Pituitary

1992 • 130 citations

The induction of ovulation in the rabbit, by electrical stimulation of the hypothalamo-hypophysial mechanism

1937 • 130 citations

PLASMA AND PITUITARY LUTEINIZING HORMONE AND PERIPHERAL PLASMA OESTRADIOL CONCENTRATIONS IN THE NORMAL OESTROUS CYCLE OF THE RAT AND AFTER EXPERIMENTAL MANIPULATION OF THE CYCLE

1972 • 129 citations

Histochemical observations on the ovary and oviduct of the albino rat during the estrous cycle

1952 • 129 citations

The Ventral Premammillary Nucleus Links Fasting-Induced Changes in Leptin Levels and Coordinated Luteinizing Hormone Secretion

2009 • 129 citations

CHANGES IN THE SENSITIVITY OF THE PITUITARY GLAND TO LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR DURING THE OESTROUS CYCLE OF THE RAT

1974 • 129 citations

Effect of Intraventricular Infusion of Catecholamines on Luteinizing Hormone Release in Ovariectomized and Ovariectomized, Steroid-Primed Rats

1979 • 128 citations

Divergent Effects of Estradiol on Gonadotropin Gene Transcription in Pituitary Fragments

1989 • 128 citations

PERSISTENT ESTRUS AND BLOCKADE OF PROGESTERONE-INDUCED LH RELEASE FOLLOWS LESIONS WHICH DO NOT DAMAGE THE SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS12

1978 • 127 citations

OPIATERGIC CONTROL OF LH SECRETION IS ELIMINATED BY GONADECTOMY

1983 • 127 citations

Localization of Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone in the Preoptic Area and Hypothalamus of the Rat Using Radioimmunoassay

1975 • 127 citations

Ontogeny of placental lactogen-I and placental lactogen-II expression in the developing rat placenta

1990 • 126 citations

THE ROLE OF SEX STEROID HORMONES IN MODULATING THE RESPONSIVENESS OF THE ANTERIOR PITUITARY GLAND TO LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR IN THE FEMALE RAT

1974 • 125 citations

EVIDENCE THAT NEUROPEPTIDE Y (NPY) RELEASED INTO THE HYPOPHYSIAL-PORTAL CIRCULATION PARTICIPATES IN PRIMING GONADOTROPES TO THE EFFECTS OF GONADOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE (GnRH)

1988 • 124 citations

PROGESTERONE ENHANCES THE SURGE OF LUTEINIZING HORMONE BY INCREASING THE ACTIVATION OF LUTEINIZING HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE NEURONS

1990 • 123 citations

CHANGES IN THE WEIGHT AND WATER CONTENT OF THE UTERUS OF THE NORMAL ADULT RAT

1939 • 123 citations

Correlations of catecholamine release in the medial preoptic area with proestrous surges of luteinizing hormone and prolactin: effects of aging.

1994 • 122 citations

Role of Progesterone in the Modulation of the Preovulatory Surge of Gonadotropins and Ovulation in the Pregnant Mare’s Serum Gonadotropin-Primed Immature Rat and the Adult Rat1

1986 • 121 citations

Suppression of spontaneous LH surges in estrogen-treated ovariectomized rats by microimplants of antiestrogens into the preoptic brain

1989 • 120 citations

The Pattern of Prolactin Secretion during Pseudopregnancy in the Rat: A Daily Nocturnal Surge12

1972 • 120 citations

Estrogen Modulation of G‐Protein‐Coupled Receptor Activation of Potassium Channels in the Central Nervous System

2003 • 120 citations

Modulation of Endogenous Opioid Influence on Luteinizing Hormone Secretion by Progesterone and Estrogen^*

1983 • 119 citations

Leptin directly acts within the hypothalamus to stimulate gonadotropin‐releasing hormone secretion in vivo in rats

2002 • 119 citations

Amino Acid Neurotransmitter Release in the Preoptic Area of Rats during the Positive Feedback Actions of Estradiol on LH Release

1992 • 118 citations

Estrogen-receptive neurons in the anteroventral periventricular nucleus are synaptic targets of the suprachiasmatic nucleus and peri-suprachiasmatic region

1995 • 118 citations

Porcine follistatin gene structure supports two forms of mature follistatin produced by alternative splicing

1988 • 117 citations

Immunoreactive Vasoactive Intestinal Polypeptide in Rat Hypophysial Portal Blood

1981 • 116 citations

Ovarian Steroid Modulation of Prolactin Surges in Cervically Stimulated Ovariectomized Rats*

1978 • 116 citations

Insulin, insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) and IGF-II enhance basal and gonadotrophin-releasing hormone-stimulated luteinizing hormone release from rat anterior pituitary cells in vitro

1994 • 116 citations

Estradiol Coupling to Endothelial Nitric Oxide Stimulates Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Release from Rat Median Eminence Via a Membrane Receptor*

1999 • 115 citations

Frequency-Dependent Recruitment of Fast Amino Acid and Slow Neuropeptide Neurotransmitter Release Controls Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neuron Excitability

2011 • 115 citations

Releasing Factors in the Circumventricular Organs of the Rat Rrain

1976 • 114 citations

Changes in the Pulsatile Pattern of Luteinizing Hormone Secretion during the Rat Estrous Cycle*

1985 • 114 citations

Acute Stimulatory Effects of Progesterone on Luteinizing Hormone and Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Release in Rat Anterior Pituitary Cells in Culture

1980 • 113 citations

Stimulation of Prolactin Release by Prolactin-Releasing Peptide in Rats

1999 • 112 citations

Effects of Naloxone and Morphine on the Proestrous Surge of Prolactin and Gonadotropins in the Rat*

1980 • 112 citations

Prolactin activates all three populations of hypothalamic neuroendocrine dopaminergic neurons in ovariectomized rats

1999 • 111 citations

Vasopressin Regulation of the Proestrous Luteinizing Hormone Surge in Wild-Type and Clock Mutant Mice1

2006 • 111 citations

The ‘suprachiasmatic syndrome’: endocrine and behavioural abnormalities following lesions of the suprachiasmatic nuclei in the female rat

1977 • 110 citations

Kisspeptin/Gpr54‐Independent Gonadotrophin‐Releasing Hormone Activity in Kiss1 and Gpr54 Mutant Mice

2009 • 109 citations

Effects of Drugs Modifying Catecholamine Synthesis on Plasma LH and Ovulation in the Rat

1974 • 109 citations

Evidence That the Inhibition of Luteinizing Hormone Secretion Exerted by Central Administration of Neuropeptide Y (NPY) in the Rat Is Predominantly Mediated by the NPY-Y5 Receptor Subtype1

1999 • 108 citations

Leptin receptors in estrogen receptor-containing neurons of the female rat hypothalamus

1998 • 108 citations

Type beta transforming growth factor (TGF-β) is a potent stimulator of the basal secretion of follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) in a pituitary monolayer system

1986 • 107 citations

The “Sexual Season” of Mammals and the Relation of the “Pro-œstrum” to Menstruation

1900 • 106 citations

Tissue distribution of prolactin-releasing peptide (PrRP) and its receptor

1999 • 106 citations

EFFECTS OF GONADAL STEROIDS ON OUTPUT OF LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR INTO PITUITARY STALK BLOOD IN THE FEMALE RAT

1979 • 106 citations

Effects of Hypothalamic and Preoptic Electrochemical Stimulation on Gonadotropin and Prolactin Release in Proestrous Rats

1971 • 106 citations

Immunoneutralization of Endogenous Inhibin Modifies Hormone Secretion and Ovulation Rate in the Rat*

1989 • 105 citations

Role of Oxytocin on Prolactin Secretion during Proestrus and in Different Physiological or Pharmacological Paradigms

1988 • 104 citations

Role of Catecholamines in Stimulating the Release of Pituitary Ovulating Hormone(s) in Rats

1970 • 104 citations

Steroid Feedback on Gonadotropin Release and Pituitary Gonadotropin Subunit mRNA in Mice Lacking a Functional Estrogen Receptor α

1999 • 103 citations

Studies on the Role of the Preoptic Area in the Control of Reproductive Function in the Rat

1976 • 103 citations

A novel action of the newly described prolactin-releasing peptides: cardiovascular regulation

2000 • 103 citations

Central administration of prolactin-releasing peptide stimulates oxytocin release in rats

1999 • 101 citations

Oestrous rhythm. Pseudopregnancy and the pituitary stalk in the rat

1950 • 101 citations

Expression of the long form of the prolactin receptor in magnocellular oxytocin neurons is associated with specific prolactin regulation of oxytocin neurons

2006 • 101 citations

Temporal Interrelationships Between Plasma LH, Ovarian Secretion Rates and Peripheral Plasma Progestin Concentrations in the Rat: Effects of Nembutal and Exogenous Gonadotropins

1971 • 101 citations

Distribution of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone in the Rat Brain as Observed with Immunocytochemistry¹

1975 • 100 citations

Identification of Inhibin-Like Activity in Ovarian Venous Plasma of Rats during the Estrous Cycle

1979 • 100 citations

CHANGES IN CELLULAR LEVELS OF MESSENGER RIBONUCLEIC ACID ENCODING GONADOTROPINRELEASING HORMONE IN THE ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS OF FEMALE RATS DURING THE ESTROUS CYCLE

1988 • 100 citations

SERUM GONADOTROPHIN LEVELS IN PRO-OESTROUS RATS IN RELATION TO THE RESUMPTION OF MEIOSIS BY THE OOCYTES

1972 • 99 citations

A NEURAL FACTOR IN THE MECHANISM BY WHICH ESTROGEN INDUCES THE RELEASE OF LUTEINIZING HORMONE IN THE RAT¹

1949 • 99 citations

On the postnatal development of the ovary (albino rat), with especial reference to the number of ova

1920 • 99 citations

The Sites of Action of Ovarian Steroids in the Regulation of LH Secretion

1981 • 99 citations

GABAergic Integration of Progesterone and Androgen Feedback to Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neurons1

2004 • 99 citations

BLOCKADE OF THE RELEASE OF PITUITARY OVULATING HORMONE IN THE RAT BY CHLORPROMAZINE AND RESERPINE: POSSIBLE MECHANISMS OF ACTION1

1957 • 98 citations

Cellular Regulation of Secretion and Release

1982 • 98 citations

Immunoreactive LH-RH neurons in the hypothalamus identified by light and fluorescent microscopy

1975 • 98 citations

Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neurons Coexpress Orexin 1 Receptor Immunoreactivity and Receive Direct Contacts by Orexin Fibers

2003 • 98 citations

Acute effects of ovariectomy on pituitary LH, uterine weight, and vaginal cornification

1964 • 97 citations

Progesterone Receptors as Neuroendocrine Integrators

2001 • 97 citations

Central Orexin A Has Site-Specific Effects on Luteinizing Hormone Release in Female Rats

2003 • 96 citations

High Concentrations of Oxytocin in Hypophysial Portal Plasma*

1984 • 96 citations

Spontaneous Kisspeptin Neuron Firing in the Adult Mouse Reveals Marked Sex and Brain Region Differences but No Support for a Direct Role in Negative Feedback

2012 • 96 citations

Correlative Surges of LHRH, LH and FSH in Pituitary Stalk Plasma and Systemic Plasma of Rat during Proestrus

1982 • 96 citations

Follistatin specifically inhibits pituitary follicle stimulating hormone release invitro

1987 • 96 citations

Analysis of Initial and Delayed Effects of Orchidectomy and Ovariectomy on Pituitary and Serum LH Levels in Adult and Immature Rats

1970 • 96 citations

PERIPHERAL PLASMA LEVELS OF TESTOSTERONE, ANDROSTENEDIONE, AND OESTRADIOL DURING THE RAT OESTROUS CYCLE

1973 • 95 citations

Biphasic Effect of Estrogen on the Sensitivity of the Pituitary to Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Factor (LRF)

1974 • 95 citations

Dopamine Regulation of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neuron Excitability in Male and Female Mice

2012 • 95 citations

Endogenous Activation of Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors Modulates GABAergic Transmission to Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neurons and Alters Their Firing Rate: A Possible Local Feedback Circuit

2005 • 95 citations

In VivoRegulation of FSH Synthesis by Inhibin and Activin

1991 • 94 citations

Activation of the progesterone receptor by the gonadotropin-releasing hormone self-priming signaling pathway.

1994 • 94 citations

Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Gene Expression during the Rat Estrous Cycle: Effects of Pentobarbital and Ovarian Steroids*

1990 • 94 citations

Central Nervous System Regions Involved in the Estrogen-Induced Afternoon Prolactin Surge. I. Lesion Studies*

1985 • 94 citations

The Role of Kisspeptin and RFamide‐Related Peptide‐3 Neurones in the Circadian‐Timed Preovulatory Luteinising Hormone Surge

2011 • 94 citations

Neuropeptide Y and galanin in norepinephrine release in hypothalamic slices.

1989 • 94 citations

Estradiol stimulates preoptic area-anterior hypothalamic proGnRH-GAP gene expression in ovariectomized rats

1989 • 94 citations

Immunocytochemical distribution of LHRH neurons and processes in the rat: Hypothalamic and extrahypothalamic locations

1982 • 93 citations

Periventricular Preoptic Area Neurons Coactivated with Luteinizing Hormone (LH)-Releasing Hormone (LHRH) Neurons at the Time of the LH Surge Are LHRH Afferents*

1999 • 93 citations

Morphological evidence for neuronal regulation of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone-containing neurons by neuropeptide Y in the rat septo-preoptic area

1990 • 92 citations

Periventricular-Hypophysial Dopaminergic Neurons Innervate the Intermediate but Not the Neural Lobe of the Rat Pituitary Gland

1995 • 92 citations

OESTRADIOL-17α AND PITUITARY RESPONSIVENESS TO LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR IN THE RAT: A STUDY USING RECTANGULAR PULSES OF OESTRADIOL-17β MONITORED BY NON-CHROMATOGRAPHIC RADIOIMMUNOASSAY

1977 • 92 citations

Impaired Estrogen Feedback and Infertility in Female Mice with Pituitary-Specific Deletion of Estrogen Receptor Alpha (ESR1)1

2009 • 92 citations

Locus coeruleus lesions decrease norepinephrine input into the medial preoptic area and medial basal hypothalamus and block the LH, FSH and prolactin preovulatory surge

1997 • 92 citations

Dopamine Levels in Hypophysial Stalk Plasma of the Rat during Surges of Prolactin Secretion Induced by Cervical Stimulation*

1979 • 92 citations

A hypothalamic luteinizing-hormone-releasing factor

1962 • 92 citations

MORPHINE SUPPRESSES THE PROESTROUS SURGE OF GnRH IN PITUITARY PORTAL PLASMA OF RATS

1983 • 91 citations

Orexin A and B levels in the hypothalamus of female rats: the effects of the estrous cycle and age

2004 • 91 citations

Evidence that a Decrease in Opioid Tone May Evoke Preovulatory Luteinizing Hormone Release in the Rat*

1986 • 90 citations

The Influence of Progesterone and Estradiol on the Acute Changes in Pulsatile Luteinizing Hormone Release Induced by Ovariectomy on Diestrus Day 1 in the Rat*

1984 • 90 citations

Cells that express luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) beta-subunit messenger ribonucleic acids during the estrous cycle: the major contributors contain LH beta, FSH beta, and/or growth hormone.

1994 • 90 citations

Dehydrogenases in the Rat Ovary. I. A Histochemical Study of Δ⁵-3β- and 20α-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases and Enzymes of Carbohydrate Oxidation During the Estrous Cycle12

1966 • 90 citations

Effects of Intraventricular Catecholamines on Luteinizing Hormone Release in Ovariectomized-Steroid-Primed Rats

1976 • 90 citations

Effects of Estrogen on Plasma and Pituitary Gonadotropins and Prolactin, and on Hypothalamic Releasing and Inhibiting Factors

1972 • 89 citations

Rhythmic Secretion of Prolactin in Rats: Action of Oxytocin Coordinated by Vasoactive Intestinal Polypeptide of Suprachiasmatic Nucleus Origin

2004 • 89 citations

Preoptic rather than Mediobasal Hypothalamic Amino Acid Neurotransmitter Release Regulates GnRH Secretion during the Estrogen-Induced LH Surge in the Ovariectomized Rat

1995 • 88 citations

Dual Labelin SituHybridization Studies Provide Evidence that Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone Neurons Do Not Synthesize Messenger Ribonucleic Acid for μ, κ, or δ Opiate Receptors¹

1997 • 87 citations

High Concentrations of Neuropeptide Y in Pituitary Portal Blood of Rats

1987 • 87 citations

A Luteolytic Action of Prolactin in Hypophysectomized Rats

1966 • 87 citations

γ-Aminobutyric Acid Neurons Integrate and Rapidly Transmit Permissive and Inhibitory Metabolic Cues to Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neurons

2003 • 87 citations

N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors mediate the release of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) by NMDA in a hypothalamic GnRH neuronal cell line (GT1-1).

1994 • 86 citations

Evidence that Norepinephrine and Epinephrine Systems Mediate the Stimulatory Effects of Ovarian Hormones on Luteinizing Hormone and Luteinizing Hormone- Releasing Hormone*

1983 • 86 citations

Synergistic Role of Progestogens in Estrogen Induction of LH and FSH Surge

1972 • 85 citations

Formation and maintenance of corpora lutea in laboratory animals.

1968 • 85 citations

Ovarian Modulation of Immunoreactive Gonadotropins- Releasing Hormone (Gn-RH) in the Rat Brain: Evidence for a Differential Effect on the Anterior and Mid-hypothalamus

1975 • 85 citations

Dynamic regulation of pituitary follistatin messenger ribonucleic acids during the rat estrous cycle.

1994 • 85 citations

Effect of Endocrine Manipulation on Anterior Pituitary Galanin in the Rat

1990 • 84 citations

Effects of a Single Injection of an Estrogen Antagonist on the Estrous Cycle of the Rat¹

1968 • 83 citations

Hypothalamic and Extrahypothalamic Mediation of Pulsatile Discharges of Luteinizing Hormone in the Ovariectomized Rat*

1980 • 83 citations

Tissue Levels of Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone in the Preoptic Area and Hypothalamus, and Serum Concentrations of Gonadotropins Following Anterior Hypothalamic Deafferentation and Estrogen Treatment of the Female Rat

1976 • 83 citations

EVIDENCE FOR THE INVOLVEMENT OF HYPOTHALAMIC DOPAMINE AND THYROTROPHIN-RELEASING HORMONE IN SUCKLING-INDUCED RELEASE OF PROLACTIN

1981 • 82 citations

Differential Expression of Placental Lactogen-II and Prolactin-Like Protein-A in the Rat Chorioallantoic Placenta*

1989 • 82 citations

Development of a Radioimmunoassay for Rat Prolactin and Evaluation of the NIAMD Rat Prolactin Radioimmunoassay12

1971 • 82 citations

Cyclic Variation of Oxytocin in the Blood of Pituitary Portal Vessels of Rats

1984 • 81 citations

Gene expression in a subpopulation of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) neurons prior to the preovulatory gonadotropin surge

1994 • 81 citations

The effects of hypothalamic knife cuts on drinking rhythms and the estrus cycle of the rat

1977 • 81 citations

Pulsatile Release of Follicle-Stimulating Hormone in Ovariectomized Rats Is Inhibited by Porcine Follicular Fluid (Inhibin)*

1984 • 80 citations

Transgenic mouse models to study Gpr54/kisspeptin physiology

2008 • 80 citations

Biphasic Effect of Estradiol Benzoate on the Pituitary Responsiveness to LH-RH¹

1974 • 80 citations

Evidence for a Physiological Role for Nitric Oxide in the Regulation of the LH Surge: Effect of Central Administration of Antisense Oligonucleotides to Nitric Oxide Synthase

1996 • 79 citations

FOLLICLE-STIMULATING HORMONE BETA SUBUNIT MESSENGER RIBONUCLEIC ACID CONCENTRATIONS DURING THE RAT ESTROUS CYCLE

1988 • 79 citations

Chapter 2 Hypothalamic Neural Systems Controlling the Female Reproductive Life Cycle

2009 • 79 citations

Loss of Estrogen-Induced Daily Surges of Prolactin and Gonadotropins by Suprachiasmatic Nucleus Lesions in Ovariectomized Rats*

1980 • 79 citations

Catecholamine turnover alterations in discrete areas of the median eminence of the 4- and 5-day cyclic rat

1977 • 79 citations

Luteinizing hormone ?Releasing hormone (LH-RH) pathway of the rat hypothalamus revealed by the unlabeled antibody peroxidase-antiperoxidase method

1974 • 79 citations

Vaginocervical Stimulation Selectively Increases Metabolic Activity in the Rat Brain

1981 • 78 citations

Gender-Biased Activity of the Novel Prolactin Releasing Peptides: Comparison with Thyrotropin Releasing Hormone Reveals Only Pharmacologic Effects

1998 • 78 citations

Effect of β-endorphin on pulsatile luteinizing hormone release in conscious castrated rats

1980 • 77 citations

Prolactin-Induced Activation of Tuberoinfundibular Dopaminergic Neurons: Evidence for Both a Rapid ‘Tonic’ and a Delayed ‘Induction’ Component

1984 • 77 citations

Dopamine in Hypophysial Portal Blood: Relationship to Circulating Prolactin in Pregnant and Lactating Rats*

1980 • 77 citations

Neuropeptide Y potentiates luteinizing hormone (LH)-releasing hormone-induced LH secretion only under conditions leading to preovulatory LH surges.

1992 • 77 citations

Effect of insulin-like growth factor 1 on gonadotropin release from the hypothalamus-pituitary axis in vitro

1991 • 77 citations

Growth of the graafian follicle and the time of ovulation in the albino rat

1941 • 77 citations

Reproduction: Gonadal Function and its Regulation

1972 • 77 citations

Molecular Cloning and Expression of Rat Placental Lactogen-I Complementary Deoxyribonucleic Acid*

1990 • 77 citations

Neuropeptide Y Y1-Receptor Stimulation Is Required for Physiological Amplification of Preovulatory Luteinizing Hormone Surges*

1997 • 77 citations

Interactions between 17β-Estradiol and Progesterone in the Control of Luteinizing Hormone and Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Release in Rat Anterior Pituitary Cells in Culture

1981 • 77 citations

Evidence in support of nitric oxide (NO) involvement in the cyclic release of prolactin and LH surges

1994 • 76 citations

Hypothalamic Regulation of Pituitary FSH Secretion

1976 • 76 citations

ALPHA AND LUTEINIZING HORMONE BETA SUBUNIT MESSENGER RIBONUCLEIC ACIDS DURING THE RAT ESTROUS CYCLE

1986 • 75 citations

Attenuation of Luteinizing Hormone Surges in Neuropeptide Y Knockout Mice

2000 • 75 citations

Cytochemical study of prolactin-releasing peptide (PrRP) in the rat brain

1999 • 75 citations

Pituitary Follistatin Regulates Activin-Mediated Production of Follicle-Stimulating Hormone during the Rat Estrous Cycle*

1997 • 75 citations

Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Surge: Possible Modulation through Postsynaptic α-Adrenoreceptors and Two Pharmacologically Distinct Dopamine Receptors*

1981 • 75 citations

The vaginal smear picture, sexual receptivity and time of ovulation in the albino rat

1941 • 74 citations

Ovarian Secretion of Progesterone and 20α-Hydroxypregn-4-en-3-one during Rat Estrous Cycle in Chronological Relation to Pituitary Release of Luteinizing Hormone

1969 • 74 citations

Expression and localization of leptin receptor in the normal rat pituitary gland

2001 • 74 citations

Distribution and Characterization of Immunoreactive Prolactin-Releasing Peptide (PrRP) in Rat Tissue and Plasma

1999 • 74 citations

Progesterone and pregn-4-ene-20α-ol-3-one in rat ovarian venous blood at different stages inreproductive cycle

1962 • 74 citations

The Peak Phase of the Proestrous Prolactin Surge Is Blocked by Either Posterior Pituitary Lobectomy or Antisera to Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide*

1989 • 74 citations

Suppression of gonadotropin secretion and prevention of ovulation in the rat by antiserum to synthetic gonadotropin-releasing hormone

1973 • 73 citations

Pituitary Gonadotroph Estrogen Receptor-α Is Necessary for Fertility in Females

2007 • 73 citations

Phasic synaptic remodeling of the rat arcuate nucleus during the estrous cycle depends on insulin-like growth factor-I receptor activation

1999 • 72 citations

Responses of caudal brain stem neurons to vaginal and somatosensory stimulation in the rat and evidence of genital-nociceptive interactions

1976 • 72 citations

Steroid control of gonadotropin release

1975 • 72 citations

Luteolytic Role of Prolactin During the Estrous Cycle of the Rat

1971 • 72 citations

Glutamatergic Signaling through theN-Methyl-<scp>d</scp>-Aspartate Receptor Directly Activates Medial Subpopulations of Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone (LHRH) Neurons, But Does Not Appear to Mediate the Effects of Estradiol on LHRH Gene Expression

2002 • 72 citations

Hypothalamic hormones: Chemistry, physiology, pharmacology and clinical uses

1975 • 71 citations

Oxytocin stimulates the release of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone from medial basal hypothalamic explants by releasing nitric oxide

1997 • 71 citations

Cytological Factors that Support Nonparallel Secretion of Luteinizing Hormone and Follicle-Stimulating Hormone during the Estrous Cycle*

1987 • 71 citations

The Effects of Hypothalamic Lesions on the Release of Gonadotropins and Prolactin in Response to Estrogen and Progesterone Treatment in Female Rats

1972 • 71 citations

Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Secretion in the Female Rat: Cyclic Release Is Dependent on Circulating Androgen

1974 • 70 citations

Activation of Neuronal Nitric Oxide Release Inhibits Spontaneous Firing in Adult Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neurons: A Possible Local Synchronizing Signal

2007 • 70 citations

Modulation of Luteinizing Hormone Release and Catecholamine Activity by Opiates in the Female Rat

1984 • 70 citations

TEMPORAL CHANGES IN THE HYPOTHALAMIC AND SERUM LUTEINIZING HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE (LH-RH) LEVELS AND THE CIRCULATING OVARIAN STEROIDS DURING THE RAT OESTROUS CYCLE

1977 • 70 citations

In VivoRecordings of GnRH Neuron Firing Reveal Heterogeneity and Dependence upon GABA_AReceptor Signaling

2013 • 70 citations

Serotonin Involvement in the Inhibition of Episodic Luteinizing Hormone Release during Electrical Stimulation of the Midbrain Dorsal Raphe Nucleus in Ovariectomized Rats*

1978 • 70 citations

Evidence that Stimulation of Two Modalities of Pituitary Luteinizing Hormone Release in Ovarian Steroid-Primed Ovariectomized Rats May Involve Neuropeptide Y Y1 and Y4 Receptors1

1999 • 70 citations

Decreased Inhibin Gene Expression in Preovulatory Follicles Requires Primary Gonadotropin Surges*

1989 • 69 citations

Nerve growth factor in the anterior pituitary: localization in mammotroph cells and cosecretion with prolactin by a dopamine-regulated mechanism.

1996 • 69 citations

Separation of Follicle-Stimulating Hormone-Releasing Factor from Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Factor

1965 • 69 citations

Release of thyrotropin releasing hormone into hypophysial portal blood is high relative to other neuropeptides and may be related to prolactin secretion

1982 • 69 citations

Cytochemical detection of gonadotropin-releasing hormone-binding sites on rat pituitary cells with luteinizing hormone, follicle-stimulating hormone, and growth hormone antigens during diestrous up-regulation.

1994 • 69 citations

Coexistence of Gonadotrophin‐Releasing Hormone and Galanin: Immunohisto‐chemical and Functional Studies

1990 • 67 citations

Activin Stabilizes Follicle-Stimulating Hormone-Beta Messenger Ribonucleic Acid Levels

1991 • 67 citations

SUPPRESSION OF PROLACTIN AND THYROTROPIN SECRETION IN THE RAT BY ANTISERUM TO THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE

1977 • 67 citations

Participation of Serotonin in the Phasic Release of Luteinizing Hormone. II. Effects of Lesions of Serotonin- Containing Pathways in the Central Nervous System

1978 • 67 citations

Role of medial preoptic GABA neurones in regulating luteinising hormone secretion in the ovariectomised rat

1991 • 67 citations

Neuropeptide Y Potentiates Luteinizing Hormone (LH)-Releasing Hormone-Stimulated LH Surges in Pentobarbital-Blocked Proestrous Rats*

1991 • 67 citations

Hypothalamic Sites which Control the Surges of Prolactin Secretion Induced by Cervical Stimulation*

1980 • 66 citations

Changes in Radioimmunoassayable Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone in Discrete Brain Areas of the Rat at Various Times on Proestrus, Diestrous Day 1, and after Phenobarbital Administration*

1981 • 66 citations

Activation of A‐Type γ‐Amino Butyric Acid Receptors Excites Gonadotrophin‐Releasing Hormone Neurones Isolated from Adult Rats

2008 • 66 citations

Neuroendocrine Interactions between Galanin, Opioids, and Neuropeptide Y in the Control of Reproduction and Appetite ^a

1998 • 65 citations

Intraovarian Excess of Nerve Growth Factor Increases Androgen Secretion and Disrupts Estrous Cyclicity in the Rat*

2000 • 65 citations

A Detailed Characterization of the Proestrous Luteinizing Hormone Surge

1976 • 65 citations

Lesions of the Suprachiasmatic Nuclei Abolish the Cervically Stimulated Prolactin Surges in the Rat*

1980 • 65 citations

THE TIME SEQUENCE OF OVUM MATURATION IN THE RAT

1972 • 65 citations

Neuro-Correlate of Limbic-Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Gonadal Axis in the Rat: Change in Limbic-Hypothalamic Unit Activity Induced by Vaginal and Electrical Stimulation

1971 • 65 citations

Prolactin-Releasing Peptide and Its Homolog RFRP-1 Act in Hypothalamus but Not in Anterior Pituitary Gland to Stimulate Stress Hormone Secretion

2003 • 65 citations

Pituitary–Ovarian Interrelationships in the Rat

1974 • 64 citations

Prolactin-releasing peptides

2003 • 64 citations

Content of Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Factor and Luteinizing Hormone During the Estrous Cycle and After Changes in Gonadal Steroid Titers

1965 • 63 citations

Hypothalamic neuropeptide-Y gene expression increases before the onset of the ovarian steroid-induced luteinizing hormone surge.

1994 • 63 citations

Regulation of the Second Surge of Follicle-Stimulating Hormone; Effects of Antiluteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone Serum and Pentobarbital*

1981 • 63 citations

Central administration of antisense oligodeoxynucleotides to neuropeptide Y (NPY) mRNA reveals the critical role of newly synthesized NPY in regulation of LHRH release

1995 • 63 citations

Correlation of the Secretion of Ovarian Steroids with Function of a Single Generation of Corpora Lute a in the Immature Rat¹

1969 • 62 citations

OBSERVATIONS ON THE FLUORESCENCE, BIREFRINGENCE AND HISTOCHEMISTRY OF THE RAT OVARY DURING THE REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE1

1943 • 62 citations

Dopaminergic Receptors in the Rat Anterior Pituitary Change during the Estrous Cycle*

1982 • 62 citations

Differential Effects of Central Adrenoceptor Agonists on Luteinizing Hormone Release

1982 • 62 citations

Daily variations in serotonin metabolism in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of the rat: influence of oestradiol impregnation

1982 • 61 citations

Neuropeptide Y Modulates the Binding of a Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) Analog to Anterior Pituitary GnRH Receptor Sites*

1991 • 61 citations

Characterization of the Dopaminergic Input to the Pituitary Gland throughout the Estrous Cycle of the Rat

1998 • 61 citations

Median eminence nitric oxide signaling

2000 • 60 citations

Knockdown of GABAA Receptor Signaling in GnRH Neurons Has Minimal Effects upon Fertility

2010 • 60 citations

Further Evidence for Inhibition of Episodic Luteinizing Hormone Release in Ovariectomized Rats by Stimulation of Dopamine Receptors¹

1977 • 60 citations

Both Estrogen Receptor α and β Stimulate Pituitary GH Gene Expression

2013 • 59 citations

Estradiol Suppresses Glutamatergic Transmission to Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neurons in a Model of Negative Feedback in Mice1

2009 • 59 citations

Regulation of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone and Luteinizing Hormone Secretion by AMPA Receptors

1997 • 59 citations

A New Sensitive Bio-ass ay for Follicle-Stimulating Hormone (FSH)

1964 • 59 citations

I. Cyclical alterations of the endometrium of the rat during the normal cycle, pseudopregnancy, and pregnancy. II. Production of deciduomata during pregnancy

1931 • 58 citations

Cellular localization of prolactin-releasing peptide messenger RNA in the rat brain

1999 • 58 citations

Reproduction and the renin-angiotensin system

1995 • 58 citations

The Stimulatory Effect on Gonadotropin Release of Implants of Estradiol or Progesterone in Certain sites in the Central Nervous System

1975 • 58 citations

Acute Action of Oestrogen on Medial Preoptic Gamma‐Aminobutyric Acid Neurons: Correlation with Oestrogen Negative Feedback on Luteinizing Hormone Secretion

1991 • 58 citations

Ovulation in the Living Albino Rat

1955 • 58 citations

Prolactin-Releasing Peptide Releases Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone and Increases Plasma Adrenocorticotropin via the Paraventricular Nucleus of the Hypothalamus

2002 • 57 citations

Interactions of insulin-like growth factor-I, insulin and estradiol with GnRH-stimulated luteinizing hormone release from female rat gonadotrophs

2001 • 57 citations

Steroid Hormone Effects on NMDA Receptor Binding and NMDA Receptor mRNA Levels in the Hypothalamus and Cerebral Cortex of the Adult Rat

1993 • 57 citations

Interactions of Dopamine and Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone in the Regulation of Prolactin Release in Lactating Rats*

1982 • 57 citations

Serotonin Mediated Inhibition of Episodic Luteinizing Hormone Release During Electrical Stimulation of the Arcuate Nucleus in Ovariectomized Rats¹²

1977 • 56 citations

Regulation of Prolactin Secretion during the Luteal Phase in the Rat

1978 • 56 citations

NPY—an endearing journey in search of a neurochemical on/off switch for appetite, sex and reproduction

2004 • 56 citations

Progesterone Administration in Vivo Stimulates Release of Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone in Vitro

1980 • 55 citations

Influence of unilateral ovariectomy on follicular development in cycling rats

1970 • 55 citations

An Ovarian Role in Prolonging and Terminating the Two Surges of Prolactin in Pseudopregnant Rats*

1981 • 55 citations

Prolactin secretion in response to prolactin-releasing peptide and the expression of the prolactin-releasing peptide gene in the medulla oblongata are estrogen dependent in rats

1999 • 55 citations

Changes in serum concentrations of immunoreactive inhibin during the oestrous cycle of the rat

1989 • 54 citations

Nerve growth factor and its receptor in the anterior pituitary.

1994 • 54 citations

Fluctuations in Hypothalamic LH-RF (Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Factor) During the Rat Estrous Cycle

1965 • 54 citations

Release of Norepinephrine in the Preoptic Area Activates Anteroventral Periventricular Nucleus Neurons and Stimulates the Surge of Luteinizing Hormone

2012 • 54 citations

The Neurosteroid Progesterone Underlies Estrogen Positive Feedback of the LH Surge

2011 • 54 citations

The Temporal Requirement of Progesterone on Proestrus for Extinction of the Estrogen-Induced Daily Signal Controlling Luteinizing Hormone Release in the Rat*

1978 • 54 citations

Pre-ovulatory changes in the oocyte of the adult rat

1963 • 54 citations

Stimulation of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Surges by Estrogen. II. Role of Cyclic Adenosine 3′,5′-Monophosphate

2000 • 53 citations

FACILITATION OF LUTEINIZING HORMONE SECRETION IN THE FEMALE RAT BY PROGESTERONE

1972 • 53 citations

Purification of a bioactive FSH-releasing factor (FSHRF)

1983 • 53 citations

Differential Effects of Pancreatic Polypeptide on Luteinizing Hormone Release in Female Rats

1984 • 53 citations

Galanin Is a Paracrine Inhibitor of Gonadotroph Function in the Female Rat

1998 • 52 citations

Evidence for a Spontaneous Nitric Oxide Release from the Rat Median Eminence: Influence on Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Release*

2001 • 52 citations

The Preovulatory Prolactin Surge Is Prolonged by a Progesterone-Dependent Dopaminergic Mechanism*

1990 • 52 citations

Regulation of Hypothalamic Neuropeptide Y Y1 Receptor Gene Expression during the Estrous Cycle: Role of Progesterone Receptors*

2000 • 52 citations

Progesterone suppresses tyrosine hydroxylase messenger ribonucleic acid levels in the arcuate nucleus on proestrus.

1994 • 52 citations

The Effect of Dopamine on Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone-Induced Prolactin SecretionIn VitroM*

1981 • 52 citations

Development and characterization of a specific and sensitive radioimmunoassay for rat galanin: Measurement in brain tissue, hypophyseal portal and peripheral serum

1990 • 51 citations

Evidence that Hypothalamic Neuropeptide Y Gene Expression Increases Before the Onset of the Preovulatory LH Surge*

1995 • 51 citations

Norepinephrine Suppresses Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neuron Excitability in the Adult Mouse

2007 • 51 citations

Prolactin-Regulated Tyrosine Hydroxylase Activity and Messenger Ribonucleic Acid Expression in Mediobasal Hypothalamic Cultures: The Differential Role of Specific Protein Kinases

2004 • 50 citations

Nerve growth factor in the anterior pituitary: regulation of secretion.

1994 • 50 citations

Brainstem prolactin-releasing peptide neurons are sensitive to stress and lactation

2003 • 50 citations

Distribution of prolactin-releasing peptide-immunoreactive neurons in the rat hypothalamus

1999 • 50 citations

Interactions of Porcine Follicular Fluid with Ovarian Steroids and Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone on the Secretion of Luteinizing Hormone and Follicle-Stimulating Hormone by Cultured Pituitary Cells

1980 • 50 citations

Estrogen-Induced Gonadotropin Surges in Decerebrated Female Rhesus Monkeys with Medial Basal Hypothalamic Peninsulae¹²

1977 • 49 citations

Effects of Neuron-Specific Estrogen Receptor (ER) α and ERβ Deletion on the Acute Estrogen Negative Feedback Mechanism in Adult Female Mice

2014 • 49 citations

Administration of Antiluteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone Serum to Rats: Effects on Periovulatory Secretion of Luteinizing Hormone and Follicle-Stimulating Hormone,*

1981 • 49 citations

Differential Gonadotropin Responses to N-Methyl-D,L-aspartate in Metestrous, Proestrous, and Ovariectomized Rats1

1993 • 48 citations

Prolactin-releasing peptide (PrRP) promotes awakening and suppresses absence seizures

2002 • 48 citations

Effect of estrogen on the expression of Cry1 and Cry2 mRNAs in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of female rats

2001 • 48 citations

Effect of Destruction of the Dorsal Anterior Hypothalamus on Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Secretion in the Rat*

1984 • 48 citations

GnRH-dependent up-regulation of nitric oxide synthase I level in pituitary gonadotrophs mediates cGMP elevation during rat proestrus

1998 • 48 citations

Effect of Recombinant Inhibin on Luteinizing Hormone and Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Secretion in the Rat*

1991 • 47 citations

The temporal relationship of the first maturation division of rat ova to the onset of heat

1955 • 47 citations

Control of prolactin secretion in mammals.

1980 • 47 citations

Role of the uterus in corpus luteum function.

1968 • 47 citations

Sleep-promoting activity of prolactin-releasing peptide (PrRP) in the rat

2001 • 47 citations

Recruitment and maturation of small subsets of luteinizing hormone gonadotropes during the estrous cycle.

1992 • 46 citations

Neurochemical properties of the prolactin releasing peptide (PrRP) receptor expressing neurons: evidence for a role of PrRP as a regulator of stress and nociception

2002 • 46 citations

Effect of gonadectomy on pituitary levels of mRNA encoding gonadotropin subunits and secretion of luteinizing hormone

1984 • 46 citations

Estrogen Inhibits Luteinizing Hormone (LH), but Not Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Secretion in Hypophysectomized Pituitary-Grafted Rats Receiving Pulsatile LH-Releasing Hormone Infusions*

1988 • 45 citations

Remembrance: the discovery of the hypothalamic gonadotropin-releasing hormone pulse generator and of its physiological significance.

1992 • 45 citations

Possible Role of Luteinizing Hormone and Follicle-Stimulating Hormone in Modulating Inhibin Secretion and Expression during the Estrous Cycle of the Rat*

1989 • 45 citations

Estradiol Modulates the LH Release Response to N-Methyl-&lt;i&gt;D&lt;/i&gt;-Aspartate in Adult Female Rats: Studies on Hypothalamic Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone and Neurotransmitter Release

1993 • 45 citations

Regulation of the Proestrus Surge of Prolactin Secretion by Gonadotropin and Estrogens in the Rat12

1972 • 45 citations

Antipeptide antibodies reveal structural and functional characteristics of rat placental lactogen-II

1989 • 45 citations

The microscopically demonstrable lipids of cyclic corpora lutea in the rat

1945 • 45 citations

Oxytocin Action at the Lactotroph Is Required for Prolactin Surges in Cervically Stimulated Ovariectomized Rats

2007 • 44 citations

Oxytocin has a role in gonadotrophin regulation in rats

1990 • 44 citations

A Conditional Tetracycline-Regulated Increase in Gamma Amino Butyric Acid Production near Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone Nerve Terminals Disrupts Estrous Cyclicity in the Rat*

2001 • 44 citations

Characteristics of pollen diffusates and pollen wall cytochemistry in poplars

1980 • 44 citations

Reanalysis of the Preoptic Afferents and Efferents Involved in the Surge of LH, FSH and Prolactin Release in the Proestrous Rat

1978 • 44 citations

Antagonism of vasoactive intestinal peptide mRNA in the suprachiasmatic nucleus disrupts the rhythm of FRAs expression in neuroendocrine dopaminergic neurons

2002 • 43 citations

A “Critical Period” for Cervically-Stimulated Prolactin Relase¹²

1976 • 43 citations

Acute Effect of Gonadotrophins on the Secretion of Progestins by the Rat Ovary

1972 • 43 citations

The effect of neurointermediate lobe denervation on hypothalamic neuroendocrine dopaminergic neurons

1998 • 43 citations

Leptin Stimulates Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone Release From Cultured Intact Hemihypothalami and Enzymatically Dispersed Neurons

2001 • 42 citations

Dopaminergic Neurons in Periventricular and Arcuate Nuclei of Proestrous and Ovariectomized Rats: Endogenous Diurnal Rhythm of Fos-Related Antigens Expression

1997 • 42 citations

Sequential Study of Luteinizing Hormone (LH) and “Progestin” Secretion on the Afternoon of Proestrus in the Rat

1971 • 42 citations

L-arginine/nitric oxide amplifies the magnitude and duration of the luteinizing hormone surge induced by estrogen: involvement of neuropeptide Y.

1996 • 42 citations

Estrogen Induces Neuropeptide Y (NPY) Y1 Receptor Gene Expression and Responsiveness to NPY in Gonadotrope-Enriched Pituitary Cell Cultures

2004 • 42 citations

INFLUENCE OF THE REPRODUCTIVE STATE AT THE TIME OF OPERATION ON THE EARLY RESPONSE TO OVARIECTOMY IN THE RAT

1972 • 41 citations

Temporal Relationship of Progestin Secretion, LH Release and Ovulation in Rats¹²

1969 • 41 citations

Anterior Pituitary Dopamine Receptors during the Rat Estrous Cycle

1984 • 40 citations

Further experiments on blocking pituitary activation in the rabbit and the rat

1950 • 40 citations

Molecular Cloning and Expression of Rat Placental Lactogen-I_v, A Variant of rPL-I Present in Late Pregnant Rat Placenta*

1991 • 40 citations

Luteinizing hormone and luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone secretion is under locus coeruleus control in female rats

2002 • 40 citations

Positive and Negative Feedback Effects of Ovarian Steroids on Luteinizing Hormone Release in Ovariectomized Rats following Chronic Depletion of Hypothalamic Norepinephrine*

1980 • 40 citations

Immunoneutralization of Oxytocin Attenuates Preovulatory Prolactin Secretion during Proestrus in the Rat

1988 • 40 citations

Galanin Gene Expression in Hypothalamic GnRH-Containing Neurons of the Rat: A Model for Autocrine Regulation

1996 • 40 citations

Initiation and Propagation of Action Potentials in Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neuron Dendrites

2012 • 40 citations

Mating‐Induced Neuroendocrine Responses During Pseudopregnancy in the Female Mouse

2008 • 39 citations

Selective Suppression of the Primary Surge of Follicle- Stimulating Hormone in the Rat: Further Evidence for Folliculostatin in Porcine Follicular Fluid*

1979 • 39 citations

Studies on the physiological role and mechanism of action of neuropeptide Y in the regulation of luteinizing hormone secretion in the rat

1988 • 39 citations

The Proestrous Surge of Prolactin Enhances Sexual Receptivity in the Rat1

1985 • 39 citations

Levels of dopamine and thyrotrophin-releasing hormone in hypophysial stalk blood during an oestrogen-stimulated surge of prolactin in the ovariectomized rat

1985 • 39 citations

Serotonin Acts Through 5-HT1 and 5-HT2 Receptors to Exert Biphasic Actions on GnRH Neuron Excitability in the Mouse

2013 • 39 citations

Quantitative and Temporal Aspects of Serotonin’s Facilitatory Action on Phasic Secretion of Luteinizing Hormone in Female Rats

1983 • 38 citations

Regional distribution of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LH-RH) in rat brain determined by microdissection and radioimmunoassay

1980 • 38 citations

Differential Regulation of Pulsatile Luteinizing Hormone (LH) and Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Secretion in Ovariectomized Rats Disclosed by Treatment with a LH-Releasing Hormone Antagonist and Phenobarbital*

1985 • 38 citations

Effect of Recombinant Inhibin on Gonadotropin Secretion during Proestrus and Estrus in the Rat*

1991 • 38 citations

Hypothalamic progesterone receptor-A mediates gonadotropin surges, self priming and receptivity in estrogen-primed female mice

2007 • 38 citations

Immunocytochemical localization of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone in neurons in the medial basal hypothalamus of the female rat

1982 • 37 citations

Stimulatory or Inhibitory Effects of Angiotensin II upon LH Secretion in Ovariectomized Rats: a Function of Gonadal Steroids

1985 • 37 citations

RU486 Blocks the Secondary Surge of Follicle-Stimulating Hormone in the Rat without Blocking the Drop in Serum Inhibin1

1992 • 36 citations

Role of VIP in the regulation of LH secretion in the female rat

1995 • 36 citations

Effects of antiserum to thyrotrophin-releasing hormone on the concentrations of plasma prolactin, thyrotrophin and LH in the pro-oestrous rat

1985 • 36 citations

LHRH release depends on Locus Coeruleus noradrenergic inputs to the medial preoptic area and median eminence

2003 • 36 citations

Sexual differentiation of kisspeptin neurons responsible for sex difference in gonadotropin release in rats

2010 • 36 citations

A Comparative Study of the Effects of Nitric Oxide and Carbon Monoxide on the in vivo Release of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone and Neuropeptide Y from Rat Hypothalamus during the Estradiol-Induced Luteinizing Hormone Surge: Estimation by Push-Pull Perfusion

1999 • 35 citations

Chronic Posterior Pituitary Lobectomy: Prolonged Elevation of Plasma Prolactin and Interruption of Cyclicity

1986 • 35 citations

Oestrogen Receptor‐α and ‐β Immunoreactivity in Gonadotropin‐Releasing Hormone Neurones after Ovariectomy and Chronic Exposure to Oestradiol

2003 • 35 citations

The role of nitric oxide (NO) in control of hypothalamic-pituitary function.

1996 • 35 citations

Changes in the characteristics of pulsatile luteinizing hormone secretion during the oestrous cycle and after ovariectomy and oestrogen treatment in female rats

1982 • 35 citations

Central Nervous System Regions Involved in the Estrogen-Induced Afternoon Prolactin Surge. II. Implantation Studies*

1985 • 35 citations

Nerve growth factor promotes the differentiation of pituitary mammotroph cells in vitro.

1995 • 35 citations

Temporal changes in medial basal hypothalamic LH-RH correlated with plasma LH during the rat estrous cycle and following electrochemical stimulation of the medial preoptic area in pentobarbital-treated proestrous rats

1978 • 35 citations

Estrogen Enhances Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone-Stimulated Transcription of the Luteinizing Hormone Subunit Promoters via Altered Expression of Stimulatory and Suppressive Transcription Factors

2007 • 35 citations

Actions of Activins, Inhibins and Follistatins: Implications in Anterior Pituitary Function

2001 • 34 citations

Galanin Enhancement of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone-Stimulated Luteinizing Hormone Secretion in Female Rats Is Estrogen Dependent

2003 • 34 citations

Variation of Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Synthesis in the Median Eminence during the Rat Estrous Cycle: An Additional Argument for the Implication of Vascular Blood Vessel in the Control of GnRH Release

2001 • 34 citations

A Medial Basal Hypothalamic Site of Synergistic Action of Estrogen and Progesterone on the Inhibition of Pituitary Luteinizing Hormone Release¹

1977 • 34 citations

Medial Preoptic Area Involvement in Norepinephrine-Induced Suppression of Pulsatile Luteinizing Hormone Release in Ovariectomized Rats

1985 • 34 citations

Some New Observations on the Vaginal Smear of the Rat.

1944 • 34 citations

Oxytocin stimulates LH production by the anterior pituitary gland of the rat

1992 • 34 citations

Prolactin Signalling in the Mouse Hypothalamus is Primarily Mediated by Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription Factor 5b but not 5a

2012 • 34 citations

Regulation of Pituitary Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) Receptors by Pulsatile GnRH in Female Rats: Effects of Estradiol and Prolactin*

1986 • 34 citations

Estrous cycle stage-dependent effects of neuropeptide-Y on luteinizing hormone (LH)-releasing hormone-stimulated LH and follicle-stimulating hormone secretion from anterior pituitary fragments in vitro.

1993 • 34 citations

Changes in gonadotropin-releasing factor content in the rat hypothalamus following electrochemical stimulation of anterior hypothalamic area and during the estrous cycle.

1973 • 34 citations

Effect of epinephrine deficiency on cold tolerance and on brown adipose tissue

2010 • 33 citations

A mathematical model for the mating-induced prolactin rhythm of female rats

2006 • 33 citations

Hypothalamic Regulation of Mating-Induced Prolactin Release

1984 • 33 citations

Prolactin Secretion in Mice with Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone Deficiency

2006 • 33 citations

Physiologically important role for central oxytocin in the preovulatory release of luteinizing hormone

1990 • 33 citations

Bicuculline infusion advances the timing of Fos expression in LHRH neurons in the preoptic area of proestrous rats

1997 • 33 citations

The ovarian secretion of progesterone and 20α-hydroxypregn-4-en-3-one in rats during the estrous cycle

1963 • 32 citations

Repeated administration of the anorectic factor prolactin-releasing peptide leads to tolerance to its effects on energy homeostasis

2003 • 32 citations

Circadian rhythm in luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LH-RH) content of preoptic area during the rat estrous cycle

1976 • 32 citations

Regeneration of the Hypophysial Portal Vessels

1949 • 31 citations

Inhibitory Effects of Estrogen and Progesterone on Several Parameters of Pulsatile LH Release in the Ovariectomized Rat

1984 • 31 citations

Role of the organum vasculosum laminae terminalis in the control of gonadotrophin secretion in rats

1982 • 31 citations

Mechanism of the inhibitory action of RU486 on the secondary follicle-stimulating hormone surge.

1996 • 31 citations

Suppression of the Preovulatory Surge of Luteinizing Hormone and Subsequent Ovulation in the Rat by Arginine Vasotocin

1977 • 31 citations

Differential Gonadotropin Secretion: Blockade of Periovulatory LH but Not FSH Secretion by a Potent LHRH Antagonist

1984 • 31 citations

Regional Specificity in the Effect of Estrogen Implantation within the Forebrain on the Frequency of Pulsatile Luteinizing Hormone Secretion in the Ovariectomized Rat

1984 • 31 citations

Further Studies on Norepinephrine-Induced Suppression of Pulsatile Luteinizing Hormone Release in Ovariectomized Rats

1984 • 31 citations

Effects of prolactin-releasing peptide microinjection into the ventrolateral medulla on arterial pressure and sympathetic activity in rats

2002 • 31 citations

Effects of prolactin on hypothalamic supraoptic neurones: evidence for modulation of STAT5 expression and electrical activity.

2005 • 31 citations

Beta-Adrenergic Receptors in the Premammillary Nucleus Mediate the Inhibition of LH Release Evoked by Locus ceruleus Stimulation

1984 • 31 citations

Effects of prolactin‐releasing peptide (PrRP) on sleep regulation in rats

2000 • 31 citations

Evaluation of the role for prolactin-releasing peptide in prolactin secretion induced by ether stress and suckling in the rat: comparison with vasoactive intestinal peptide

2000 • 31 citations

Partial Purification of a Hypothalamic Factor that Inhibits Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone-Stimulated Luteinizing Hormone Release*

1987 • 31 citations

A Tale of Two Rhythms: The Emerging Roles of Oxytocin in Rhythmic Prolactin Release

2010 • 31 citations

Examining Adrenergic Roles in Development, Physiology, and Behavior through Targeted Disruption of the Mouse Dopamine β-Hydroxylase Gene

1997 • 30 citations

Evidence for an FSH-releasing factor in the posterior portion of the rat median eminence

1983 • 30 citations

Involvement of Prolactin-Releasing Peptide in the Preovulatory Luteinizing Hormone and Prolactin Surges in the Rat

2000 • 30 citations

A Direct Effect of the Uterus on the Surges of Prolactin Induced by Cervical Stimulation in the Rat*

1979 • 30 citations

Pituitary Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) Receptor Responses to GnRH in Hypothalamus-Lesioned Rats: Inhibition of Responses by Hyperprolactinemia and Evidence that Testosterone and Estradiol Modulate Gonadotropin Secretion at Postreceptor Sites*

1984 • 30 citations

INHIBITION OF SECRETION OF LUTEINIZING HORMONE INDUCED BY ELECTROCHEMICAL STIMULATION OF THE ANTERIOR CINGULATE CORTEX MEDIATED BY A β-ADRENERGIC MECHANISM

1980 • 30 citations

Epidermal Growth Factor and Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Stimulate Proliferation of Enriched Population of Gonadotropes¹

2001 • 30 citations

Inhibition of the Daily LH Release Mechanism by Progesterone Acting at the Hypothalamus1

1980 • 29 citations

Growth and regression of corpora lutea during the normal estrous cycle of the rat

1942 • 29 citations

Catecholamine Involvement in Preovulatory LH Release: Reassessment of the Role of Epinephrine

1985 • 29 citations

Circadian rhythm of nitric oxide production in the dorsal region of the suprachiasmatic nucleus in rats

2001 • 29 citations

Effect of Actinomycin D on Estrogen-Induced Release of Luteinizing Hormone in Ovariectomized Rats

1972 • 29 citations

Short‐Term Inhibitory Effect of Estradiol on Tyrosine Hydroxylase Activity in Tuberoinfundibular Dopaminergic Neurons In Vitro

1993 • 29 citations

α-Adrenergic receptor antagonism and N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) induced luteinizing hormone release in female rhesus macaques

1997 • 28 citations

Gonadotropin-releasing hormone regulation of pituitary follistatin gene expression during the primary follicle-stimulating hormone surge.

1996 • 28 citations

Progesterone Induces Dephosphorylation and Inactivation of Tyrosine Hydroxylase in Rat Hypothalamic Dopaminergic Neurons

2002 • 28 citations

Synthesis of New Peptides with Prolactin-releasing Activity by a Combination of Recombinant DNA Technology and a Cysteine-specific Cyanylation Reaction.

1998 • 28 citations

The Antiprogestins RU486 and ZK98299 Affect Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Secretion Differentially on Estrus, but not on Proestrus*

1997 • 28 citations

Estradiol Sensitization of Rat Pituitary Cells to Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone: Involvement of Protein Kinase C- and Calcium-Dependent Signaling Pathways¹

1998 • 28 citations

Follicle-Stimulating Hormone and Luteinizing Hormone Affect the Endogenous Release of Pituitary Follicle-Stimulating Hormone and the Ovarian Secretion of Inhibin in Rats

1980 • 28 citations

Changes in Expression of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptors by Anterior Pituitary Cells during the Estrous Cycle: Cyclic Expression by Gonadotropes1

1997 • 28 citations

Effect of repeated administration of prolactin releasing peptide on feeding behavior in rats

2002 • 28 citations

Antagonism of Oxytocin Prevents Suckling- and Estradiol-Induced, But Not Progesterone-Induced, Secretion of Prolactin

2008 • 28 citations

Locus ceruleus lesions block pulsatile LH release in ovariectomized rats

1999 • 27 citations

Simulation of the Early Phase of the Proestrous Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Rise After Infusion of Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone in Phenobarbital-Blocked Rats

1976 • 27 citations

Effect of Suckling on the in vivo Release of Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone, Dopamine and Adrenaline in the Lactating Rat

1988 • 27 citations

Neurosteroids, trigger of the LH surge

2012 • 27 citations

Differential Effects of Hypothalamic IGF-I on Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone Neuronal Activation During Steroid-Induced LH Surges in Young and Middle-Aged Female Rats

2011 • 27 citations

The Interaction of the Medial Preoptic Area and the Dorsomedial-Ventromedial Nuclei of the Hypothalamus in the Regulation of the Mating-Induced Release of Prolactin

1985 • 27 citations

Sexual dimorphism of GABA release in the medial preoptic area and luteinizing hormone release in gonadectomized estrogen-primed rats

2004 • 26 citations

Differential Alterations in Dopamine Turnover Rates in the Stalk-Median Eminence and Posterior Pituitary during the Preovulatory Prolactin Surge

1989 • 26 citations

Variations in the Response of Pituitary Lactotrophs to Oxytocin during the Rat Estrous Cycle

2010 • 26 citations

Neuropeptide Y enhances LHRH binding to rat gonadotrophs in primary culture

1994 • 26 citations

Light and Reproduction in the Rat: Effect of Lighting Schedule on Ovulation Blockade

1969 • 26 citations

Effect of Prodynorphin-Derived Opioid Peptides on the Ovulatory Luteinizing Hormone Surge in the Proestrous Rat

2002 • 25 citations

Oxytocin modulates the luteinizing hormone response of the rat anterior pituitary to gonadotrophin-releasing hormone in vitro

1995 • 25 citations

Evidence for Protein Kinase C Involvement in the Short‐Term Activation by Prolactin of Tyrosine Hydroxylase in Tuberoinfundibular Dopaminergic Neurons

1994 • 25 citations

In vivo action of activin-A on pituitary-gonadal system.

1992 • 25 citations

Characterization and distribution of prolactin releasing peptide (PrRP) binding sites in the rat – evidence for a novel binding site subtype in cardiac and skeletal muscle

2000 • 25 citations

The Role of the Dorsomedial-Ventromedial Area of the Hypothalamus in the Control of Prolactin Secretion Induced by Cervical Stimulation*

1981 • 25 citations

Maturation of follicle-stimulating hormone gonadotropes during the rat estrous cycle.

1992 • 25 citations

Expression of estrogen receptor-α and c-Fos in adrenergic neurons of the female rat during the steroid-induced LH surge

2000 • 24 citations

Interactions between 17β-estradiol and the hypothalamo-pituitary β-endorphin system in the regulation of the cyclic LH secretion

1988 • 24 citations

Effect of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Antagonists on Serum Follicle-Stimulating Hormone and Luteinizing Hormone Under Conditions of Singular Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Secretion

1985 • 24 citations

Augmentation of Pituitary Responsiveness to Luteinizing Hormone/Follicle Stimulating Hormone-Releasing Factor (LH-RF) as a Result of Acute Ovariectomy i n the Four-day Cyclic Rat

1975 • 24 citations

The Contribution of Gonadostatin (Inhibin-F) to the Control of Gonadotropin Secretion in a Simulated Estrous Cycle in Steroid-Treated Ovariectomized Rats*

1982 • 24 citations

Prolactin Messenger Ribonucleic Acid Concentrations in 4-Day Cycling Rats and During the Prolactin Surge*

1989 • 23 citations

[Mechanisms of nitric oxide synthesis and action in cells].

2003 • 23 citations

Inhibition of the release of LH and ovulation by activation of the noradrenergic system. Effect of interrupting the ascending pathways

1982 • 23 citations

Effect of Photoperiod on Estrous Cycle Length in the Rat

1968 • 23 citations

A Physiological Role for Luteinizing Hormone Release-Inhibiting Factor of Hypothalamic Origin*

1987 • 23 citations

Role of prolactin in mammalian reproduction.

1980 • 23 citations

Pituitary Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Receptorsduring Gonadotropin Surges in Ovariectomized-Estradiol-Treated Rats*

1983 • 22 citations

In vivo Release of Prolactin-Releasing Peptide in Rat Hypothalamus in Association with Luteinizing Hormone and Prolactin Surges

2001 • 22 citations

Cyclical Changes in the Vaginal Smear of Adult Ovariectomized Rats

1951 • 22 citations

Nitric oxide mediates leptin-induced preovulatory luteinizing hormone and prolactin surges in rats

2001 • 21 citations

Estrogen Downregulates Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase in Rat Anterior Pituitary Cells and GH&lt;sub&gt;3&lt;/sub&gt; Tumors

1999 • 21 citations

Tyrosine Hydroxylase in the Stalk-Median Eminence and Posterior Pituitary Is Inactivated Only during the Plateau Phase of the Preovulatory Prolactin Surge*

1989 • 21 citations

Cryptic Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Receptors of Rat Pituitary Cells in Culture Are Unmasked by Epidermal Growth Factor

1997 • 21 citations

Electrolytic Irritative Lesions in the Hypothalamus and Other Forebrain Areas: Effects on Luteinizing Hormone Release and the Ovarian Cycle11Supported in part by a grant (G9841) from the National Science Foundation administered by J. W. E.

1964 • 21 citations

Lack of Ovarian Steroid Negative Feedback on Pulsatile Luteinizing Hormone Release between Estrus and Diestrous Day 1 in the Rat Estrous Cycle*

1985 • 21 citations

Estrogen increases the release of epidermal growth factor from individual pituitary cells in female rats

1995 • 21 citations

Elucidation of the Role of the Luteinizing Hormone in Estrogen Secretion and Ovulation by Use of Antigonadotropic Sera

1971 • 20 citations

Modulation of prolactin secretion by sex steroids and thyroid hormones

1980 • 20 citations

Immunoneutralization of Prolactin Prevents Stimulatory Feedback of Prolactin on Hypothalamic Neuroendocrine Dopaminergic Neurons

2000 • 20 citations

Hypothalamic IGF-I Gene Therapy Prolongs Estrous Cyclicity and Protects Ovarian Structure in Middle-Aged Female Rats

2013 • 20 citations

Plasma luteinizing hormone in ovariectomized rats following pharmacologic manipulation of endogenous brain serotonin

1981 • 19 citations

Regulation of Expression of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptors in Gonadotropes by Epidermal Growth Factor and Estradiol: Studies in Cycling Female Rats1

1997 • 19 citations

Central Stimulatory Influence of Oxytocin on Preovulatory Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Requires More than the Median Eminence

2001 • 19 citations

Quantification of prolactin-releasing peptide (PrRP) mRNA expression in specific brain regions of the rat during the oestrous cycle and in lactation

2003 • 19 citations

Modulation of Pulsatile Luteinizing Hormone Secretion by Ovarian Steroids in the Rat 1

1985 • 19 citations

Direct Neuropeptide Y-Induced Modulation of Gonadotrope Intracellular Calcium Transients and Gonadotropin Secretion*

1990 • 19 citations

The Rhythmic Secretion of Mating-Induced Prolactin Secretion Is Controlled by Prolactin Acting Centrally

2009 • 19 citations

Release of Luteinizing Hormone from the Anterior Pituitary Gland in vitro Can Be Concurrently Regulated by at Least Three Peptides: Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone, Oxytocin and Neuropeptide Y

2001 • 19 citations

Local Changes in Immunoreactive Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone in the Rat Median Eminence during the Estrous Cycle. Correlation with the Pituitary Luteinizing Hormone

1979 • 18 citations

LH subunit mRNA concentrations during LH surge in ovariectomized estradiol-replaced rats

1988 • 18 citations

Oxytocin and the control of LH

1996 • 18 citations

Sites of Epidermal Growth Factor Synthesis and Action in the Pituitary: Paracrine and Autocrine Interactions

2001 • 18 citations

A Possible Cause for the Differing Responses of the Luteinizing Hormone Surge Mechanism of Ovariectomized Rats to Short Term Exposure to Estradiol*

1980 • 18 citations

Role of the locus coeruleus in the prolactin secretion of female rats

2004 • 17 citations

Increased Fos Immunoreactivity in Suprachiasmatic Nucleus before Luteinizing Hormone Surge in Estrogen-Treated Ovariectomized Female Rats

2006 • 17 citations

Pituitary LH responsiveness to GnRH in vitro as related to GnRH receptor number

1984 • 17 citations

The Obligatory Role of the Uterus for Termination of Prolactin Surges Initiated by Cervical Stimulation*

1981 • 17 citations

Estrogen regulation of the dopamine-activated GIRK channel in pituitary lactotrophs: implications for regulation of prolactin release during the estrous cycle

2011 • 17 citations

Role of Prolactin Feedback in the Semicircadian Rhythm of Tuberoinfundibular Dopaminergic Neuronal Activity during Early Pregnancy in the Rat

1983 • 17 citations

Regulation of C-fos Protein in Gonadotrope Cells by Oxytocin and Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone

2000 • 16 citations

Changes of Hypothalamic LH-RF Content during the Rat Estrous Cycle

1975 • 16 citations

Light and Reproduction in the Rat: Effects of Photoperiod Length on Albino Rats from Two Different Breeders1

1970 • 16 citations

Involvement of angiotensin II, TRH and prolactin-releasing peptide in the estrogen-induced afternoon prolactin surge in female rats: studies using antisense technology

2002 • 16 citations

Synergistic effects of progesterone and oestradiol on rat LH subunit mRNA

1990 • 16 citations

Effect of acute immunoneutralization of endogenous leptin on prolactin and LH secretion during the afternoon of pro-oestrus or in steroid-treated ovariectomized female rats

2000 • 15 citations

COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF PROGESTERONE AND 4-PREGNEN-20a-OL-3-ONE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF DECIDUOMATA

1960 • 15 citations

Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide Inhibits Luteinizing Hormone Secretion: The Inhibition Is Not Mediated by Dopamine

1989 • 15 citations

Follicular growth, ovulatory phenomena and ventromedial nucleus lesions in the rat.

1981 • 15 citations

GnRH and oxytocin have nonidentical effects on the cellular LH response by gonadotrophs at pro-oestrus

1999 • 14 citations

Midbrain Pathways for the Initiation and Maintenance of the Nocturnal Prolactin Surge in Pseudopregnant Rats*

1982 • 14 citations

Detection of Prolactin Inhibitory Activity in Uterine Epithelial Cell Secretions and Rat Serum*

1985 • 14 citations

Release of LH and FSH by Anterior Pituitary Cell Suspensions from Female Rats During the Estrous Cycle and from Estrogen-Treated Ovariectomized Rats1

1981 • 14 citations

Interaction between NO and oxytocin: Influence on LHRH release

1997 • 14 citations

Effects of Lesions in the Medial Basal Part of the Suprachiasmatic Area on Prolactin and Gonadotropin Surges Induced by Estrogen and Progesterone Treatment in Ovariectomized Rats

1981 • 14 citations

Uterus of the rat contains prolactin inhibitory activity

1984 • 13 citations

Secretion of Luteinizing Hormone (LH) and Pituitary Receptors for LH-Releasing Hormone as Modified by the Proestrous Surge of Progesterone*

1984 • 13 citations

Colocalization of NGF and TSH‐like immunoreactivity in cultures of adult rat anterior pituitary cells

1995 • 13 citations

The Effect of Blockade of Dopamine Receptors on the Inhibition of Episodic Luteinizing Hormone Release during Electrical Stimulation of the Arcuate Nucleus in Ovairiectomized Rats*

1978 • 13 citations

Changes in Content of Prolactin mRNA during the Rat Estrous Cycle

2009 • 13 citations

EFFECT OF OXYTOCIN REPLACEMENT ON LACTATION IN RATS BEARING HYPOTHALAMIC LESIONS

1959 • 12 citations

Estrogen modulates the action of nitric oxide in the medial preoptic area on luteinizing hormone and prolactin secretion

2004 • 12 citations

Effects of administration of oxytocin in association with gonadotropin-releasing hormone on luteinizing hormone levels in rats in vivo

1995 • 11 citations

Further Studies on Possible Dynorphin Involvement in the Ovulatory Luteinizing Hormone Surge in the Proestrous Rat

2002 • 11 citations

Oxytocin influences preovulatory follicular development and advances ovulation in rats

1991 • 11 citations

Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone and Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Stimulate Nitric Oxide Production in 17β-Estradiol-Primed Rat Anterior Pituitary Cells

2002 • 10 citations

STIMULATORY AND INHIBITORY EFFECTS OF OVARIAN STEROIDS ON GONADOTROPHIN SECRETION IN OVARIECTOMIZED RATS AFTER ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMIC DEAFFERENTATION

1978 • 10 citations

Effect of acute immunoneutralization of endogenous leptin on prolactin and LH secretion during the afternoon of pro-oestrus or in steroid-treated ovariectomized female rats

2000 • 10 citations

Oxytocin augmentation of gonadotropin-releasing hormone-stimulated luteinizing hormone release is modulated by cyclic AMP

1996 • 9 citations

Ovulation rate, follicle population and FSH levels in cyclic rats after administration of an inhibin-neutralizing antiserum

1991 • 9 citations

Induction of rat ovarian 20α-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activity by gonadotrophic hormone administration

1963 • 8 citations

Effects of a dopaminergic stimulant, amfonelic acid, on anterior pituitary hormone release in conscious rats

1978 • 8 citations

Gonadotrophin-releasing hormone and oxytocin secretion from the hypothalamus in vitro during pro-oestrus: the effects of time of day and melatonin

1999 • 8 citations

Changes in hypothalamic LH-RH content and blood levels of LH-RH, gonadotropin and estradiol during the preovulatory stage of rat estrous cycle.

1978 • 8 citations

Norepinephrine induces releases of both LH-RH from the hypothalamus and LH from the rat pituitary in vitro.

1983 • 8 citations

An adrenergic link in the ovulatory mechanism of the rabbit.

1947 • 8 citations

Differential Time- and Dose-Dependent Effects in the Haloperidol Blockade of Luteinizing Hormone Release and Ovulation

1981 • 8 citations

Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone-I-Mediated Activation of Progesterone Receptor Contributes to Gonadotropin α-Subunit Expression in Mouse Gonadotrophs

2010 • 7 citations

Effects of Complete Hypothalamic Deafferentation on the Estrous Phase of Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Release in the Cyclic Rat1

1982 • 7 citations

Vasoactive intestinal peptide levels in the hypothalamus and anterior pituitary do not change in association with the pre-ovulatory prolactin surge in the rat

1991 • 6 citations

Response of human growth hormone, prolactin and thyrotropin to thyrotropin releasing hormone in liver cirrhosis and diabetes mellitus.

1979 • 6 citations

Differential Effect of Althesin Versus Chloralose-Urethane Anesthesia onin VivoLhrh and LH Release in the Proestrous Rat

1982 • 5 citations

Nerve growth factor in the neuroendocrine system

1999 • 4 citations

Inhibin is present in the corpus luteum of pseudopregnant rats and can interact with progesterone to inhibit resumption of estrous cycles.

1995 • 4 citations

Pituitary and Hypothalamic Regulation of Sex Differences in Serum-Luteinizing Hormone Levels in Gonadectomized Rats: In Vitro Perifusion Studies

1995 • 2 citations

Oxytocin modulation of gonadotrophin release

1993 • 2 citations