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Science 16 March 1979:
Vol. 203. no. 4385, pp. 1129 - 1131
DOI: 10.1126/science.424743
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Science, Vol 203, Issue 4385, 1129-1131
Copyright © 1979 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Opioid peptides modulate luteinizing hormone secretion during sexual maturation

MS Blank, AE Panerai, and HG Friesen

Subcutaneous injections of naloxone, an opiate antagonist, lead to an increase in serum luteinizing hormone concentrations in female but not in male rats before they reach puberty. In addition, estradiol benzoate specifically blocks the luteinizing hormone response to naloxone in prepubertal female rats, suggesting that the opioid peptides have a physiological role in the endocrine events leading to sexual maturation.


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