Ovarian steroid modulation of neurokinin contents in hypothalamus, pituitary, trigeminal nucleus, and cervical spinal cord of the ovariectomized female rat
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Ovarian steroid modulation of neurokinin contents in hypothalamus, pituitary, trigeminal nucleus, and cervical spinal cord of the ovariectomized female rat
Abstract
Ovariectomized rats were treated with estradiol benzoate (EB) and progesterone in conditions known to negatively and positively regulate gonadotropin secretion. Injection with EB decreased the plasma concentration of substance P at the time of the positive feed-back exerted by EB on gonadotropin secretion, while having no effect on the plasma concentration of neurokinin A. In the hypothalamus, EB injection enhanced the substance P and neurokinin A content, while progesterone reduced the substance P content. In the anterior pituitary, the substance P content was increased after progesterone, and this increase was blocked by EB. Conversely, in the posterior pituitary, the substance P content was reduced after progesterone, and this effect was enhanced by EB. In the trigeminal nucleus, the substance P content was increased after progesterone and EB, while only progesterone affected neurokinin A content. Finally, in the cervical spinal cord, the substance P and neurokinin A contents were reduced after EB. We conclude that neurokinin contents are controlled by ovarian steroids not only in the hypothalamo-pituitary complex but also in the trigeminal nucleus and the cervical spinal cord.
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