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

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A possible role of β-endorphin, in addition to Met 5 -enkephalin, in the control of LH release in male rats is suggested.
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This article is published in Life Sciences.The article was published on 1980-09-08. It has received 79 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Pulsatile flow & Luteinizing hormone.

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The opiomelanotropinergic neuronal and endocrine systems.

TL;DR: The anatomy, physiology and biochemistry of opiomelanotropinergic neurons are reviewed and the implications of multi-neurotransmitter and multi-hormone neurons and cells are discussed.
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Influence of Corticotropin-Releasing Factor on Reproductive Functions in the Rat

TL;DR: The results indicate that CRF will lower plasma LH levels and can exert this effect in the absence of circulating steroids of either adrenal or gonadal origin and suggest thatCRF exerts deleterious actions on reproductive functions through brain sites of action which, at least under the experimental mental design used, do not appear to directly involve opiate or peripheral catecholaminergic pathways.
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CHAPTER 43 – Neuroendocrine Control of the Ovarian Cycle of the Rat

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the control of the ovarian cycle of the rats by the brain and its interaction with the anterior pituitary gland and ovaries and show that lighting periodicity plays a dominant role in the incidence and duration of the stages of the cycle.
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Neuroendocrinology of menopausal flushes: an hypothesis of flush mechanism

TL;DR: L'activation du CRF peut correspondre a un des composants du mecanisme des bouffees de chaleur ou a une reponse au stress.
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The endocrinology of the opioids.

TL;DR: The organization, characteristics, release, and modulation of hypophyseal and other endocrinologically relevant pools of opioid peptides and their possible target sites and functions are discussed.
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Endogenous opioid peptides: multiple agonists and receptors

TL;DR: It is concluded that the opioid peptidergic system has agonists of different characteristics which interact with more than one type of receptor.
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Relation of endogenous opioid peptides and morphine to neuroendocrine functions

TL;DR: Preliminary observations indicate that the EOP may increase serotonin and decrease dopamine metabolism in the hypothalamus, which could account for practically all of their effects on pituitary hormone secretion.
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Evidence for two separate opiate peptide neuronal systems

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present biochemical and anatomical evidence for the existence of two separate opioid systems in brain, an enkephalin system and a β-LPH/β-endorphin system.
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Endogenous Opioids Participate in the Regulation of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Luteinizing Hormone Axis and Testosterone's Negative Feedback Control of Luteinizing Hormone

TL;DR: The results of these studies suggest that endogenous opioids exist in brain tissue which normally inhibit activity in the hypothalamic-pituitary-LH axis and participate in the androgen-dependent feedback control of LH elaboration by this axis.
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Opioid peptides modulate luteinizing hormone secretion during sexual maturation

TL;DR: Subcutaneous injections of naloxone lead to an increase in serum luteinizing hormone concentrations in female but not in male rats before they reach puberty, suggesting that the opioid peptides have a physiological role in the endocrine events leading to sexual maturation.
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