Simultaneous measurement of luteinizing hormone (lh)-releasing hormone, lh, and follicle-stimulating hormone release in intact and short-term castrate rats

Endocrinology

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 1988, Pages 2211-2221

  Levine, Jon E ^a   Duffy, Mark T ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CASTRATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PULSE AMPLITUDE; PULSE RATE; RAT;

ANIMAL; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; RATS; REFERENCE VALUES; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0023904782     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo-122-5-2211     Document Type: Article

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