Estrogen positive feedback to gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons in the rodent: The case for the rostral periventricular area of the third ventricle (RP3V)

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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

✍ Simonian, Sharon X.; Spratt, David P.; Herbison, Allan E. 📂 Article 📅 1999 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 610 KB

Gonadal steroids exert a powerful regulatory influence upon the functioning of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons despite the apparent absence of gonadal steroid receptors in these cells. By using retrograde-tracing techniques combined with dual-labeling immunocytochemistry, we show here