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A W Smith; C S Asa; B S Edwards; W J Murdoch; Donal C Skinner
Predominant suppression of follicle-stimulating hormone β-immunoreactivity after long-term treatment of intact and castrate adult male rats with the gonadotrophin-releasing hormone agonist deslorelin.
W Andrew Taylor; Neil P Evans; Carole Hertz; Donal C Skinner
Intra-pituitary administration revisited: development of a novel in vivo approach to investigate the ovine hypophysis.
Brenda M Alexander; Donal C Skinner; Charles E Roselli
Wired on steroids: sexual differentiation of the brain and its role in the expression of sexual partner preferences.

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2012: A W Smith; C S Asa; B S Edwards; W J Murdoch; Donal C Skinner
Predominant suppression of follicle-stimulating hormone β-immunoreactivity after long-term treatment of intact and castrate adult male rats with the gonadotrophin-releasing hormone agonist deslorelin.
Journal of neuroendocrinology 2012;24(5):737-47.
2011: W Andrew Taylor; Neil P Evans; Carole Hertz; Donal C Skinner
Intra-pituitary administration revisited: development of a novel in vivo approach to investigate the ovine hypophysis.
Journal of neuroscience methods 2011;199(2):175-82.
2011: Brenda M Alexander; Donal C Skinner; Charles E Roselli
Wired on steroids: sexual differentiation of the brain and its role in the expression of sexual partner preferences.
Frontiers in endocrinology 2011;2():42.
2009: Asher J Albertson; Donal C Skinner
A novel animal model to study hot flashes: no effect of gonadotropin-releasing hormone.
Menopause (New York, N.Y.) 2009;16(5):1030-6.
2009: Donal C Skinner; A J Albertson; A Navratil; A Smith; M Mignot; Heather Talbott; N Scanlan-Blake
Effects of gonadotrophin-releasing hormone outside the hypothalamic-pituitary-reproductive axis.
Journal of neuroendocrinology 2009;21(4):282-92.
2009: Donal C Skinner; A Lee Lang; Lindsay Pahl; Qi Wang
Substance P-immunoreactive cells in the ovine pars tuberalis.
Neuroendocrinology 2009;89(1):3-8.
2008: Alain Caraty; Donal C Skinner
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone in third ventricular cerebrospinal fluid: endogenous distribution and exogenous uptake.
Endocrinology 2008;149(10):5227-34.
2008: Asher J Albertson; Amy Navratil; Mallory Mignot; Laurence Dufourny; Brian Cherrington; Donal C Skinner
Immunoreactive GnRH type I receptors in the mouse and sheep brain.
Journal of chemical neuroanatomy 2008;35(4):326-33.
2008: Asher J Albertson; Heather Talbott; Qi Wang; Dane Jensen; Donal C Skinner
The gonadotropin-releasing hormone type I receptor is expressed in the mouse cerebellum.
Cerebellum (London, England) 2008;7(3):379-84.
2007: Stuart P Bliss; Amy M Navratil; Matthew Breed; Donal C Skinner; Colin M Clay; Mark S Roberson
Signaling complexes associated with the type I gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) receptor: colocalization of extracellularly regulated kinase 2 and GnRH receptor within membrane rafts.
Molecular endocrinology (Baltimore, Md.) 2007;21(2):538-49.
2007: Lacey Lutz; Nicholas Schoefield; Crystal Crowe; Laurence Dufourny; Donal C Skinner
No effect of nutrient restriction from gestational days 28 to 78 on immunocytochemically detectable growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) neurons and GHRH receptor colocalization in somatotropes of the ovine female fetus.
Journal of chemical neuroanatomy 2007;33(1):34-41.
2006: Lacey Lutz; Laurence Dufourny; Donal C Skinner
Effect of nutrient restriction on the somatotropes and substance P-immunoreactive cells in the pituitary of the female ovine fetus.
Growth hormone & IGF research : official journal of the Growth Hormone Research Society and the International IGF Research Society 2006;16(2):108-18.
2005: Laurence Dufourny; Donal C Skinner
Distribution of galanin receptor 1-immunoreactive neurons in the ovine hypothalamus: colocalization with GnRH.
Brain research 2005;1054(1):73-81.
2005: Mallory Mignot; Donal C Skinner
Colocalization of GH, TSH and prolactin, but not ACTH, with betaLH-immunoreactivity: evidence for pluripotential cells in the ovine pituitary.
Cell and tissue research 2005;319(3):413-21.
2005: Laurence Dufourny; Alain Caraty; Iain J Clarke; Jane E Robinson; Donal C Skinner
Progesterone-receptive dopaminergic and neuropeptide Y neurons project from the arcuate nucleus to gonadotropin-releasing hormone-rich regions of the ovine preoptic area.
Neuroendocrinology 2005;82(1):21-31.
2005: Laurence Dufourny; Alain Caraty; Iain J Clarke; Jane E Robinson; Donal C Skinner
Progesterone-receptive beta-endorphin and dynorphin B neurons in the arcuate nucleus project to regions of high gonadotropin-releasing hormone neuron density in the ovine preoptic area.
Neuroendocrinology 2005;81(3):139-49.
2005: Donal C Skinner; Laurence Dufourny
Oestrogen receptor beta-immunoreactive neurones in the ovine hypothalamus: distribution and colocalisation with gonadotropin-releasing hormone.
Journal of neuroendocrinology 2005;17(1):29-39.
2003: Laurence Dufourny; N Schofield; Donal C Skinner
Immunoreactive galanin expression in ovine gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurones: no effects of gender or reproductive status.
Journal of neuroendocrinology 2003;15(11):1062-9.
2003: Niamh Scanlan; Laurence Dufourny; Donal C Skinner
Somatostatin-14 neurons in the ovine hypothalamus: colocalization with estrogen receptor alpha and somatostatin-28(1-12) immunoreactivity, and activation in response to estradiol.
Biology of reproduction 2003;69(4):1318-24.
2003: Kimberly A Vonnahme; Bret W Hess; Thomas R Hansen; Richard J McCormick; Daniel C Rule; Gary E Moss; William J Murdoch; Mark Nijland; Donal C Skinner; Peter W Nathanielsz; Stephen P Ford
Maternal undernutrition from early- to mid-gestation leads to growth retardation, cardiac ventricular hypertrophy, and increased liver weight in the fetal sheep.
Biology of reproduction 2003;69(1):133-40.
2003: Donal C Skinner; Alain Caraty
Prolactin release during the estradiol-induced LH surge in ewes: modulation by progesterone but no evidence for prolactin-releasing peptide involvement.
The Journal of endocrinology 2003;177(3):453-60.
2003: Donal C Skinner; Sarah Head; James Oliver
Growth hormone-releasing hormone neurons in the anestrus cat do not express progesterone receptors.
Cell and tissue research 2003;311(2):267-70.
2003: Laurence Dufourny; Donal C Skinner
Colocalization of progesterone receptors and thyroid hormone receptors alpha in the ovine diencephalon: no effect of estradiol.
Neuroendocrinology 2003;77(1):51-8.
2002: Chad D Foradori; Lique M Coolen; Maureen E Fitzgerald; Donal C Skinner; Robert L Goodman; Michael N Lehman
Colocalization of progesterone receptors in parvicellular dynorphin neurons of the ovine preoptic area and hypothalamus.
Endocrinology 2002;143(11):4366-74.
2002: Laurence Dufourny; Donal C Skinner
Progesterone receptor, estrogen receptor alpha, and the type II glucocorticoid receptor are coexpressed in the same neurons of the ovine preoptic area and arcuate nucleus: a triple immunolabeling study.
Biology of reproduction 2002;67(5):1605-12.
2002: Donal C Skinner; S D Cilliers; JD Skinner
Effect of ram introduction on the oestrous cycle of springbok ewes (Antidorcas marsupialis).
Reproduction (Cambridge, England) 2002;124(4):509-13.
2002: Laurence Dufourny; Donal C Skinner
Influence of estradiol on NADPH diaphorase/neuronal nitric oxide synthase activity and colocalization with progesterone or type II glucocorticoid receptors in ovine hypothalamus.
Biology of reproduction 2002;67(3):829-36.
2002: Laurence Dufourny; Donal C Skinner
Type II glucocorticoid receptors in the ovine hypothalamus: distribution, influence of estrogen and absence of co-localization with GnRH.
Brain research 2002;946(1):79-86.
2002: Niamh Scanlan; Donal C Skinner
Estradiol modulation of growth hormone secretion in the ewe: no growth hormone-releasing hormone neurons and few somatotropes express estradiol receptor alpha.
Biology of reproduction 2002;66(5):1267-73.
2002: Benoît Malpaux; Hélène Tricoire; François Mailliet; Agnès Daveau; Martine Migaud; Donal C Skinner; J Pelletier; Philippe Chemineau
Melatonin and seasonal reproduction: understanding the neuroendocrine mechanisms using the sheep as a model.
Reproduction (Cambridge, England) Supplement 2002;59():167-79.
2002: NEIL eVANS; TA Richter; Donal C Skinner; Jane E Robinson
Neuroendocrine mechanisms underlying the effects of progesterone on the oestradiol-induced GnRH/LH surge.
Reproduction (Cambridge, England) Supplement 2002;59():57-66.
2002: Robert L Goodman; M Gibson; Donal C Skinner; Michael N Lehman
Neuroendocrine control of pulsatile GnRH secretion during the ovarian cycle: evidence from the ewe.
Reproduction (Cambridge, England) Supplement 2002;59():41-56.
2002: Donal C Skinner; Alain Caraty
Measurement and possible function of GnRH in cerebrospinal fluid in ewes.
Reproduction (Cambridge, England) Supplement 2002;59():25-39.
2001: TA Richter; D S Spackman; Jane E Robinson; Sandra Dye; TG Harris; Donal C Skinner; NEIL eVANS
Role of endogenous opioid peptides in mediating progesterone-induced disruption of the activation and transmission stages of the GnRH surge induction process.
Endocrinology 2001;142(12):5212-9.
2001: Donal C Skinner; T A Richter; Benoît Malpaux; JD Skinner
Annual ovarian cycles in an aseasonal breeder, the springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis).
Biology of reproduction 2001;64(4):1176-82.
2001: Donal C Skinner; Alain Caraty; R Allingham
Unmasking the progesterone receptor in the preoptic area and hypothalamus of the ewe: no colocalization with gonadotropin-releasing neurons.
Endocrinology 2001;142(2):573-9.
2000: N Chabbert-Buffeta; Donal C Skinner; Alain Caraty; P Bouchard
Neuroendocrine effects of progesterone.
Steroids 2000;65(10-11):613-20.
2000: Donal C Skinner; TG Harris; NEIL eVANS
Duration and amplitude of the luteal phase progesterone increment times the estradiol-induced luteinizing hormone surge in ewes.
Biology of reproduction 2000;63(4):1135-42.
2000: Jane E Robinson; A E Healey; TG Harris; E A Messent; Donal C Skinner; J A Taylor; NEIL eVANS
The negative feedback action of progesterone on luteinizing hormone release is not associated with changes in GnRH mRNA expression in the Ewe.
Journal of neuroendocrinology 2000;12(2):121-9.
1999: Donal C Skinner; Benoît Malpaux
High melatonin concentrations in third ventricular cerebrospinal fluid are not due to Galen vein blood recirculating through the choroid plexus.
Endocrinology 1999;140(10):4399-405.
1999: Donal C Skinner; P Bouchard; Alain Caraty
The progesterone blockade of the luteinizing hormone surge is overcome by RU486.
Journal of neuroendocrinology 1999;11(8):637-41.
1999: Alain Caraty; Donal C Skinner
Dynamics of steroid regulation of GnRH secretion during the oestrus cycle of the ewe.
Annales d'endocrinologie 1999;60(2):68-78.
1999: TG Harris; Sandra Dye; Jane E Robinson; Donal C Skinner; NEIL eVANS
Progesterone can block transmission of the estradiol-induced signal for luteinizing hormone surge generation during a specific period of time immediately after activation of the gonadotropin-releasing hormone surge-generating system.
Endocrinology 1999;140(2):827-34.
1999: Alain Caraty; Donal C Skinner
Progesterone priming is essential for the full expression of the positive feedback effect of estradiol in inducing the preovulatory gonadotropin-releasing hormone surge in the ewe.
Endocrinology 1999;140(1):165-70.
1998: Donal C Skinner; NEIL eVANS; B Delaleu; Robert L Goodman; P Bouchard; Alain Caraty
The negative feedback actions of progesterone on gonadotropin-releasing hormone secretion are transduced by the classical progesterone receptor.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1998;95(18):10978-83.
1998: Alain Caraty; Donal C Skinner; B Huyghe; T Bertault; S Picard; B Delaleu; Benoît Malpaux; Jean-Claude Thiéry
The GnRH increase following progesterone withdrawal is associated with an increased glutamatergic tone in the preoptic area of the ovariectomized ewe.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1998;839():363-4.
1998: Donal C Skinner; Alain Caraty; NEIL eVANS
Does gonadotropin-releasing hormone in the cerebrospinal fluid modulate luteinizing hormone release?
Neuroendocrinology 1998;67(1):37-44.
1998: TG Harris; Jane E Robinson; NEIL eVANS; Donal C Skinner; Allan E Herbison
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone messenger ribonucleic acid expression changes before the onset of the estradiol-induced luteinizing hormone surge in the ewe.
Endocrinology 1998;139(1):57-64.
1997: Jane E Robinson; Donal C Skinner; JD Skinner; MA Haupt
Distribution and morphology of luteinising hormone-releasing hormone neurones in a species of wild antelope, the springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis).
The Journal of comparative neurology 1997;389(3):444-52.
1997: Donal C Skinner; Alain Caraty; Benoît Malpaux; NEIL eVANS
Simultaneous measurement of gonadotropin-releasing hormone in the third ventricular cerebrospinal fluid and hypophyseal portal blood of the ewe.
Endocrinology 1997;138(11):4699-704.
1997: Donal C Skinner; Jane E Robinson
Luteinising hormone secretion from the perifused ovine pars tuberalis and pars distalis: effects of gonadotropin-releasing hormone and melatonin.
Neuroendocrinology 1997;66(4):263-70.
1997: Donal C Skinner; NEIL eVANS; Benoît Malpaux
Does a short loop feedback mechanism for the control of luteinizing hormone secretion exist in the ewe?
Endocrinology 1997;138(10):4220-6.
1997: Donal C Skinner; Allan E Herbison
Effects of photoperiod on estrogen receptor, tyrosine hydroxylase, neuropeptide Y, and beta-endorphin immunoreactivity in the ewe hypothalamus.
Endocrinology 1997;138(6):2585-95.
1997: B Malpaux; Catherine Viguié; Donal C Skinner; Jean-Claude Thiéry; Philippe Chemineau
Control of the circannual rhythm of reproduction by melatonin in the ewe.
Brain research bulletin 1997;44(4):431-8.
1996: Donal C Skinner; Jane E Robinson
The pars tuberalis of the ewe: no effect of season or ovariectomy on the distribution, density or presence of immunoreactive cells.
Cell and tissue research 1996;284(1):117-23.
1996: Allan E Herbison; Donal C Skinner; Jane E Robinson; I S King
Androgen receptor-immunoreactive cells in ram hypothalamus: distribution and co-localization patterns with gonadotropin-releasing hormone, somatostatin and tyrosine hydroxylase.
Neuroendocrinology 1996;63(2):120-31.
1995: Donal C Skinner; Benoît Malpaux; B Delaleu; Alain Caraty
Luteinizing hormone (LH)-releasing hormone in third ventricular cerebrospinal fluid of the ewe: correlation with LH pulses and the LH surge.
Endocrinology 1995;136(8):3230-7.
1995: Donal C Skinner; Jane E Robinson
Melatonin-binding sites in the gonadotroph-enriched zona tuberalis of ewes.
Journal of reproduction and fertility 1995;104(2):243-50.
1995: Benoît Malpaux; Donal C Skinner; F Maurice
The ovine pars tuberalis does not appear to be targeted by melatonin to modulate luteinizing hormone secretion, but may be important for prolactin release.
Journal of neuroendocrinology 1995;7(3):199-206.
1993: Allan E Herbison; Jane E Robinson; Donal C Skinner
Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP): immunocytochemical identification of a neuropeptide synthesised by ventral paraventricular magnocellular neurones in the sheep.
Brain research 1993;611(1):147-51.
1993: Allan E Herbison; Jane E Robinson; Donal C Skinner
Distribution of estrogen receptor-immunoreactive cells in the preoptic area of the ewe: co-localization with glutamic acid decarboxylase but not luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone.
Neuroendocrinology 1993;57(4):751-9.