Neuronal control circuit for the gonadotropin-releasing hormone surge in rats

Neuroplasticity, Development, and Steroid Hormone Action

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 169-176

  Funabashi, Toshiya ^a   Shinohara, Kazuyuki ^a   Kimura, Fukuko ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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