Urine-induced reflex ovulation in anovulatory rats may be a vomeronasal effect

Nature

Volumn 272, Issue 5652, 1978, Pages 446-448

  Johns, Margaret A ^a   Feder, Harvey H ^a   Komisaruk, Barry R ^a   Mayer, Anne D ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANOVULATION; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; OVULATION INDUCTION; RAT; URINE; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMAL; ESTRUS; FEMALE; LIGHT; MALE; NASAL SEPTUM; OLFACTORY MUCOSA; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; RATS; REFLEX; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TIME FACTORS; URINE;

EID: 0017885341     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/272446a0     Document Type: Article

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