Physiology of GnRH neurons and modulation of their activities by GnRH

Neuroplasticity, Development, and Steroid Hormone Action

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 191-203

  Oka, Yoshitaka ^a   Abe, Hideki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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