Sleep deprivation enhances peripheral serotonin secretion to regulate the large follicle steroidogenesis of rats

• Main Authors: Chueh-Ko Yang (Author), Rick Sai-Chuen Wu (Author), Cheng-Hsuan Wu (Author), Theodore Rong-Yei Lin (Author), Horng-Der Tsai (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2015-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: Sleep deprivation (SD) leads to the disturbance of the estrous cycle. Serotonin, the levels of which increase with SD, has been shown to inhibit luteinizing hormone production and the receptor has been found in the follicles. In this study, the serotonin effect on preovulatory follicular...