Effects of Aging on thein VitroRelease of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone
- 1 September 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by The Endocrine Society in Endocrinology
- Vol. 119 (3) , 1113-1117
- https://doi.org/10.1210/endo-119-3-1113
Abstract
Secretion of GnRH from mediobasal hypothalami (MBH) of old (23 month) and young (2 month) male rats was studied in an in vitro superfusion system. GnRH eflux from both old and young MBH increased in response to stimulation with 20 .mu.M norepinephrine and 40 .mu.M naloxone; however, both basal and stimulated GnRH release were reduced from MBH of old rats despite similar hypothalamic GnRH content. The diminished basal secretion and responsiveness to two major stimuli of the GnRH neuron may be important in the well-known involution of the hypothalamic-pituitary testicular axis in aging male rats.This publication has 20 references indexed in Scilit:
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