In proestrous rats, cetrorelix prevented the increase in pituitary OX1 expression.
In plain wordsIn rats, cetrorelix prevented the rise in pituitary OX1 expression.
- Peptide
- Cetrorelix
- Outcome
- DecreasePituitary OX1 expression
- Study
ratn: not reported in source
Sprague-Dawley female cycling rats- Outcome group
- Receptor activity and mechanism · Endocrine and hormones
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated
Source sentences
Cetrorelix or pentobarbital prevented increases of OX1 and OX2 only in the pituitary and blunted gonadotropin surges, but left OX1, OX2, and PPO brain expression unchanged.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
Primarily, PPO, OX1, and OX2 expression was determined in Sprague-Dawley female cycling rats during proestrus and in males.
Finally, OX1, OX2, and PPO were measured by real-time RT-PCR in tissues collected at 1900 of proestrus after treatments at 1400 with ovulation-blocking agents Cetrorelix or pentobarbital.