Maintenance by L-DOPA treatment of estrous cycles and LH response to estrogen in aging female rats

References

• Aschheim , P. 1964/1965 . Resultats fournis par la greffe heterochrone des ovaries dan l'etude de la regulation hypothalamo-hypophyso-ovarienne de la ratte senile. . Gerontologia , 10 : 65 – 75 .
   Google Scholar
• Caligaris , L. , Astrada , J. J. and Talesnik , S. 1971 . Release of luteinizing hormone induced by estrogen injection of ovariectomized rats. . Endocrinology , 88 : 810 – 815 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Clemens , J. A. , Amenomori , Y. , Jenkins , T. and Meites , J. 1969 . Effect of hypothalamic stimulation, hormones, and drugs on ovarian function in old female rats. . Proceedings of the Society of Experimental Biology and Medicine , 132 : 561 – 563 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Clifton , D. K. and Sawyer , C. H. 1980 . Positive and negative effect of ovarian steriods on luteinizing hormone release in ovariectomized rats following chronic depletion of hypothalamic norepinephrine. . Endocrinology , 106 : 1099 – 1102 .
   Google Scholar
• Grandison , L. , Hodson , C. , Chen , H. T. , Advis , J. , Simpkins , J. and Meites , J. 1977 . Inhibition by prolactin of post-castration rise in LH. . Neuroendocrinology , 23 : 312 – 322 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gudelsky , G. A. , Simpkins , J. , Mueller , G. P. , Meites , J. and Moore , K. 1976 . Selective actions of prolactin on catecholamine turnover in the hypothalamus and on serum LH and FSH. . Neuroendocrinology , 22 : 206 – 215 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hodson , C. A. , Simpkins , J. W. , Pass , K. A. , Aylsworth , C. F. , Steger , R. W. and Meites , J. 1980 . Effects of a prolactin secreting pituitary tumor on hypothalamic, gonadotropic and testicular function in male rats. . Neuroendocrinology , 30 : 7 – 10 .
   Google Scholar
• Huang , H. H. , Marshall , S. and Meites , J. 1976 . Capacity of old versus young female rats to secrete LH, FSH, and prolactin. . Biology of Reproduction , 14 : 538 – 543 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Huang , H. H. , Marshall , S. and Meites , J. 1976 . Induction of estrous cycles in old non-cycling rats by progesterone, ACTH, ether stress or L-DOPA. . Neuroendocrinology , 20 : 21 – 34 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Huang , H. H. and Meites , J. 1975 . Reproductive capacity of aging female rats. . Neuroendocrinology , 17 : 289 – 295 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Huang , H. H. , Simpkins , J. and Meites , J. 1979 . Hypothalamic norepinephrine and dopamine turnover in ovariectomized old rats treated with gonadal steroids. . The Physiologist , 22 : 71
   Google Scholar
• Jackson , G. L. 1973 . Time interval between injection of estradiol benzoate and LH release in the rat and effect of actinomycin D or cycloheximide. . Endocrinology , 93 : 887 – 892 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kalra , P. S. , Kalra , S. P. , Krulich , L. , Fawcett , C. P. and McCann , S. M. 1972 . Involvement of norepinephrine in transmission of the stimulatory influence of progesterone on gonadotropin release. . Endocrinology , 90 : 1168 – 1176 .
   Google Scholar
• Linnoila , M. and Cooper , R. 1975 . Reinstatement of vaginal cycles in aged female rats. . Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics , 199 : 477 – 482 .
   Google Scholar
• Lu , K. H. , Huang , H. H. , Chen , H. T. , Kurcz , N. , Mioduszewski , R. and Meites , J. 1977 . Positive feedback by estrogen and progesterone on LH release in old and young rats. . Proceedings of the Society of Experimental Biology and Medicine , 154 : 82 – 85 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Meites , J. , Simpkins , J. W. , Bruni , J. and Advis , J. 1977 . Role of biogenic amines on control of anterior pituitary hormones. . IRCS Journal of Medical Science , 5 : 1 – 7 .
   Google Scholar
• Meites , J. , Simpkins , J. W. and Huang , H. H. 1979 . “ The relation of hypothalamic biogenic amines to secretion of gonadotropins and prolactin in the aging rat ” . In Physiology and cell biology of aging , Edited by: Cherkin , A. 87 – 94 . New York : Raven Press .
   Google Scholar
• Niswender , G. D. , Midgley , A. R. Jr. , Monroe , J. E. and Reichert , L. E. 1968 . Radioimmunoassay of rat luteinizing hormone with anti-ovine LH serum and ovine LHI. . Proceedings of the Society of Experimental Biology and Medicine , 28 : 807 – 811 .
   Google Scholar
• Peng , M. T. and Huang , H. H. 1972 . Aging of hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian function in the rat. . Fertility and Sterility , 23 : 535 – 542 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Quadri , S. K. , Kledzik , G. S. and Meites , J. 1973 . Reinitiation of estrous cycles in old constant-estrous rats by central acting drugs. . Neuroendocrinology , 11 : 248 – 255 .
   Google Scholar
• Shaar , C. J. , Euker , J. S. , Riegle , G. D. and Meites , J. 1975 . Effects of castration and gonadal steroids on serum luteinizing hormone and prolactin in old and young rats. . Journal of Endocrinology , 66 : 45 – 51 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Simpkins , J. W. , Huang , H. H. , Advis , J. P. and Meites , J. 1980 . Changes in hypothalamic NE and DA turnover resulting from steroid-induced LH and prolactin surges in ovariectomized rats. . Biology of Reproduction , 20 : 625 – 632 .
   Google Scholar
• Simpkins , J. W. , Mueller , G. P. , Huang , H. H. and Meites , J. 1977 . Evidence for depressed catecholamine and enhanced serotonin metabolism in aging male rats: possible relation to gonadotropin secretion. . Endocrinology , 100 : 1672 – 1678 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sokal , R. R. and Rohlf , F. J. 1969 . “ Single classification of analysis of variance. In ” . In Biometry: The principles and practice of statistics in biological research. , 204 – 252 . San Francisco : W. H. Freeman and Co. .
   Google Scholar
• Steger , R. W. , Huang , H. H. , Chamberlain , D. S. and Meites , J. 1980 . Changes in the control of gonadotropin secretion in the transition period between regular cycles and constant estrous in the old female rat. . Biology of Reproduction , 22 : 595 – 603 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar