Effects of Angiotensins Injected into Various Brain Areas on Luteinizing Hormone Release in Female Rats

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Angiotensin II (AII; 1.0 µl of 10<sup>–10</sup> M) injected bilaterally into the anterior hypothalamus-preoptic area of the brain produced a 100% increase in mean whole blood LH concentrations in ovariectomized rats treated with estradiol and progesterone. Injections of equal volumes and concentrations of the peptide into the third cerebral ventricle or into the posterior hypothalamus did not affect blood LH values. The effects of AII administration into the rostral hypothalamus were dose-related and specific. Equimolar injections of angiotensin I or angiotensin III into this region did not significantly affect blood LH levels. Taken together, these data demonstrate that the anterior hypothalamus-preoptic area, compared to the third ventricle or more caudal brain sites, is particularly sensitive to the specific stimulatory actions of AII on LH release.

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Journal ID (publisher-id): NEN

Journal ID (nlm-ta): Neuroendocrinology

Journal ID (doi): 10.1159/issn.0028-3835

Title: Neuroendocrinology

Publisher: S. Karger AG

ISSN (Print): 0028-3835

ISSN (Electronic): 1423-0194

Publication date Subscription-year: 1987

Publication date (Print): 1987

Publication date (Electronic): 02 April 2008

Volume: 46

Issue: 5

Pages: 401-405

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Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, Calif., USA

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Publisher ID: 124852 Other ID: Neuroendocrinology 1987;46:401–405

DOI: 10.1159/000124852

PubMed ID: 3431655

SO-VID: fae5c7c1-3ee4-4fd9-b56d-40fdf1bbb4cb

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Date received : 26 January 1987

Date accepted : 20 May 1987

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Pages: 5

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