Azam Maghsoudi

[ 1 ] - Effects of ghrelin and orexin A on aromatase gene expression in the ovaries of female rats androgenized in third day of birth

Introduction: Ghrelin and Orexin A exert inhibitory effects on gonadotropins secretion. Aromatase is a key enzyme in the steroidogenesis pathway which converts testosterone to the estradiol. Treatment of neonatal female rats with testosterone propionate (TP) alters gonadotropin secretion patterns in the adulthood. In the present study the effects of central injection of ghrelin or orexin A o...