Bicuculline infusions advance the timing of luteinizing hormone surge in proestrous rats: Comparisons with naloxone effects

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 424-430

  Kimura, Fukuko ^a   Jinnai, Kayoko ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0028580125     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1994.1039     Document Type: Article

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