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List of works by Alan Tilbrook

A role for inhibin in the regulation of the secretion of follicle stimulating hormone in male domestic animals

scientific article published on October 1, 1992

A sex difference in the cortisol response to tail docking and ACTH develops between 1 and 8 weeks of age in lambs.

scientific article published in March 2006

Activation of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis by isolation and restraint stress during lactation in ewes: effect of the presence of the lamb and suckling.

scientific article published on 30 March 2006

Acute and chronic stress-like levels of cortisol inhibit the oestradiol stimulus to induce sexual receptivity but have no effect on sexual attractivity or proceptivity in female sheep.

scientific article published on 29 June 2011

An Extended Photoperiod Increases Milk Yield and Decreases Ovulatory Activity in Dairy Goats

scientific article published on 15 October 2020

Anogenital distance reflects the sex ratio of a gilt's birth litter and predicts her reproductive success1

scientific article published on 01 September 2018

Artificial lighting during winter increases milk yield in dairy ewes.

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Baseline sympathetic nervous system activity predicts dietary weight loss in obese metabolic syndrome subjects

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Central administration of corticotrophin releasing hormone but not arginine vasopressin stimulates the secretion of luteinizing hormone in rams in the presence and absence of testosterone

scientific article published on 01 August 1999

Changes in the suppressive effects of recombinant inhibin A on FSH secretion in ram lambs during sexual maturation: evidence for alterations in the clearance rate of inhibin

scientific article published on 01 May 1999

Cortisol interferes with the estradiol-induced surge of luteinizing hormone in the ewe.

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Cortisol reduces gonadotropin-releasing hormone pulse frequency in follicular phase ewes: influence of ovarian steroids

scientific article published on 18 September 2008

Does cortisol acting via the type II glucocorticoid receptor mediate suppression of pulsatile luteinizing hormone secretion in response to psychosocial stress?

scientific article published on 04 January 2007

Does the type II glucocorticoid receptor mediate cortisol-induced suppression in pituitary responsiveness to gonadotropin-releasing hormone?

scientific article published on 19 March 2004

Effect of RF-amide-related peptide-3 on luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone synthesis and secretion in ovine pituitary gonadotropes.

scientific article published on 6 October 2009

Effect of testosterone and season on proenkephalin messenger RNA expression in the preoptic area of the hypothalamus in the ram.

scientific article published on 20 August 2003

Effects of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor treatment on plasma oxytocin and cortisol in major depressive disorder

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Estradiol enables cortisol to act directly upon the pituitary to suppress pituitary responsiveness to GnRH in sheep.

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Evidence that Dopaminergic Neurons are not Involved in the Negative Feedback Effect of Testosterone on Luteinizing Hormone in Rams in the Non-Breeding Season

scientific article published on 01 June 1992

Evidence that RF-amide related peptide-3 is not a mediator of the inhibitory effects of psychosocial stress on gonadotrophin secretion in ovariectomised ewes

scientific article published on 01 March 2011

Genetic selection for temperament affects behaviour and the secretion of adrenal and reproductive hormones in sheep subjected to stress.

scientific article published on 19 June 2012

Ghrelin modulates sympathetic nervous system activity and stress response in lean and overweight men.

scientific article published on 18 April 2011

Human recombinant follistatin-288 suppresses plasma concentrations of follicle-stimulating hormone but is not a significant regulator of luteinizing hormone in castrated rams

scientific article published on 01 December 1995

Impact of psychosocial stress on gonadotrophins and sexual behaviour in females: role for cortisol?

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Influence of sex and gonadal status of sheep on cortisol secretion in response to ACTH and on cortisol and LH secretion in response to stress: importance of different stressors.

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Isolation and restraint stress results in differential activation of corticotrophin-releasing hormone and arginine vasopressin neurons in sheep.

scientific article published on 6 February 2007

Long-term alterations in adiposity affect the expression of melanin-concentrating hormone and enkephalin but not proopiomelanocortin in the hypothalamus of ovariectomized ewes

scientific article published on 01 April 2000

Neuroadrenergic dysfunction along the diabetes continuum: a comparative study in obese metabolic syndrome subjects

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Neuronal inputs from the hypothalamus and brain stem to the medial preoptic area of the ram: neurochemical correlates and comparison to the ewe.

scientific article published on 13 November 2002

Neuropeptide Y (NPY) delays the oestrogen-induced luteinizing hormone (LH) surge in the ovariectomized ewe: further evidence that NPY has a predominant negative effect on LH secretion in the ewe.

scientific article published in November 2003

Noradrenaline, but not neuropeptide Y, is elevated in cerebrospinal fluid from the third cerebral ventricle following audiovisual stress in gonadectomised rams and ewes.

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Oestrogen: an overlooked mediator in the neuropsychopharmacology of treatment response?

scientific article published on September 22, 2010

Pattern of loss of spermatozoa from the vagina of the ewe

scientific article published on 01 January 1986

Physiological responses to psychological stress: importance of adiposity in men aged 50-70 years.

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Positive effects of melatonin treatment on the reproductive performance of young border leicester rams mated to merino ewes in spring: preliminary observations

scientific article published on 16 August 2014

Potent action of RFamide-related peptide-3 on pituitary gonadotropes indicative of a hypophysiotropic role in the negative regulation of gonadotropin secretion

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Predicting milk yield in sheep used for dairying in Australia

scientific article published on 01 November 2007

Progesterone and testosterone in combination act in the hypothalamus of castrated rams to regulate the secretion of LH.

scientific article published in May 2001

Psychosocial stress suppresses attractivity, proceptivity and pulsatile LH secretion in the ewe.

scientific article published on 23 April 2008

Relationship between plasma and tissue corticosterone in laying hens (Gallus gallus domesticus): implications for stress physiology and animal welfare.

scientific article published on 2 October 2014

Response to gonadotrophins differs for gilts from female- and male-biased litters.

scientific article published on 25 May 2017

Reward processing in anorexia nervosa.

scientific article published on 13 February 2012

Scientific assessment of animal welfare

scientific article published on 11 December 2014

Seasonal differences in the effect of isolation and restraint stress on the luteinizing hormone response to gonadotropin-releasing hormone in hypothalamopituitary disconnected, gonadectomized rams and ewes.

scientific article published on 28 May 2003

Sex bias of the birth litter affects surge but not tonic LH secretion in gilts.

scientific article published on 26 April 2018

Sex differences in the distribution and abundance of androgen receptor mRNA-containing cells in the preoptic area and hypothalamus of the ram and ewe.

scientific article published on December 2004

Sex, fat and the tilt of the earth: effects of sex and season on the feeding response to centrally administered leptin in sheep

scientific article published on 01 June 2001

Sexual behavior of male pigs.

scientific article published on 31 March 2007

Short-term reduction in egg production in laying hens treated with an agonist of GnRH

scientific article published on 01 July 1992

Stress and reproduction: central mechanisms and sex differences in non-rodent species.

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Stressor specificity of sex differences in hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis activity: cortisol responses to exercise, endotoxin, wetting, and isolation/restraint stress in gonadectomized male and female sheep.

scientific article published on 28 July 2010

Susceptibility of reproduction in female pigs to impairment by stress or elevation of cortisol.

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Sustained but Not Repeated Acute Elevation of Cortisol Impaired the Luteinizing Hormone Surge, Estrus, and Ovulation in Gilts1

scientific article published on 01 September 1999

The distribution of cells containing estrogen receptor-alpha (ERalpha) and ERbeta messenger ribonucleic acid in the preoptic area and hypothalamus of the sheep: comparison of males and females

scientific article published on 01 August 2000

The effect of repeated boar exposure on cortisol secretion and reproduction in gilts.

scientific article published in April 1998

The effect of testosterone and season on prodynorphin messenger RNA expression in the preoptic area-hypothalamus of the ram.

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The effects of dietary weight loss with or without exercise training on liver enzymes in obese metabolic syndrome subjects.

scientific article published on 3 November 2011

The effects of floor space and nest box access on the physiology and behavior of caged laying hens

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

The estrous cycle of the ewe is resistant to disruption by repeated, acute psychosocial stress.

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The glucocorticoid contribution to obesity.

scientific article published on 06 February 2011

The hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis in sheep is attenuated during lactation in response to psychosocial and predator stress

scientific article published on 23 November 2015

Time required for spermatozoa to remain in the vagina of the ewe to ensure conception

scientific article published on 01 January 1986

Treatment of young rams with an agonist of GnRH delays reproductive development

scientific article published on 01 March 1993