Brain region-specific regulation of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone messenger ribonucleic acid in the male ferret: Interactions between pubertal maturation and testosterone

Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 4740-4747

  Tang, Yu Ping ^a,b   Kashon, Michael L ^a,c   Sisk, Cheryl L ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; MESSENGER RNA; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CASTRATION; CELL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERRET; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

EID: 0007362237     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.138.11.5536     Document Type: Article

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