An increase in hypothalamic capacity to synthesize prostaglandin E2 precedes the first preovulatory surge of gonadotropins.
D000818:Animals; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D015232:Dinoprostone; D004958:Estradiol / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000378:metabolism; D007033:Hypothalamus, Middle / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone / Q000378:metabolism*; D010060:Ovulation; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D011458:Prostaglandins E / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D051381:Rats; D012741:Sexual Maturation
D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D011453:Prostaglandins; D011458:Prostaglandins E; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone; D004958:Estradiol; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone; D015232:Dinoprostone