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CBP Faculty - Vernon L. Gay, Ph.D.

Vernon L. Gay, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Tel: 412-648-9422
Fax: 412-781-8059
vlgay@pitt.edu
PubMed pub. listing

Research Interest



Reproduction, endocrinology, puberty.

Publications
  1. Davis, K.T., N. Prentice, V.L. Gay and S.A. Murray. Gap Junction Proteins and cell-cell communication in the three functional zones of the adrenal gland. Journal of Endocrinolgy. 172:13-21,2002
  2. Gay, V.L. A model for the inhibition of LH secretion by a fragmented GnRH pulse generator in the pre-pubertal primate. (Abstract) Science 2001, A Research Odyssey, University of Pittsburgh, September, 2001
  3. Gay, V.L., N. Mikuma and T.M. Plant. Remote and chronic access to the third cerebral ventricle of the unrestrained prepubertal rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta). Am. J. Physiol. 264:E476-E481, 1993.
  4. Plant, T.M., V.L. Gay, G.R. Marshall and M. Arslan. Puberty in monkeys is triggered by neurochemical stimulation of the hypothalamus. Proc. Nat. Acad. Science 86:2506-2510, 1989.
  5. Gay, V.L. and TM. Plant. Sustained intermittent release of gonadotropin-releasing hormone in the prepubertal male rhesus monkey incduced by N-methyl-D,L-aspartic acid. Neuroendocrinology 48:147-152, 1988.
  6. Gay, V.L. and R.L. Tomacari, Follicle-stimulating hormone secretion in the female rat: Cyclic release is dependent on circulating androgen. Science, 184:75, 1974.
  7. Gay, V.L. Decreased metabolism and increased serum concentrations of LH and FSH following nephrectomy of the rat: Absence of short-loop regulatory mechanisms. Endocrinology. 95~I582, 1974.
  8. Gay, V.L. and N.A. Sheth. Evidence for a periodic release of LII in castrated male and female rats. Endocrinology, 90:158, 1972.
  9. Gay, V.L., A.R. Midgley, Jr. And G.D. Niswender. Patterns of gonadotropin secretion associated with ovulation. Symposium: The control of ovulation. Federation Proceedings, 29:1880, 1970.