...) and lateral (LS) septal nuclei, median eminence-mediobasal hypothalamus (MBH) and locus ceruleus (LC). Measurements of GABA were performed at two different times of day (11.00 and 15.00 h), 3 h after intraperitoneal administration of γ-vinyl-GABA (GVG), an irreversible inhibitor of GABA transaminase. Either...

...Rita J. Valentino; Richard G. Wehby Corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) is localized in fibers in the noradrenergic nucleus locus ceruleus (LC) and alters LC discharge characteristics when administered centrally. To determine whether CRF functions as a neurotransmitter in the LC during stress...

...Janete Aparecida Anselmo Franci; J. Antunes-Rodrigues The objective of the present study was to determine the participation of the locus ceruleus (LC) in the regulation of the estrous cycle and of luteinizing hormone (LH) release on the afternoon of proestrus and in ovariectomized rats. Lesions...

...Carlos Dotti; Samuel Taleisnik The neurotransmitter and andrenoceptors involved in the inhibition of luteinizing hormone (LH) release induced by stimulating the locus ceruleus nucleus (LC) have been characterized in ovariectomized, estrogen-primed rats in which the release of LH was triggered...

... response to 5 min of either stressor. Lesions of the ventral medial tegmental area did not affect the cyclic GMP or neuroendocrine responses to cold stress. Lesion of the nucleus locus ceruleus did not affect regional cyclic GMP response but significantly reduced growth hormone levels in the cold-stressed...