Molecular and Cellular Bases of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Action in the Pituitary and Central Nervous System

Vitamins and Hormones

Volumn 50, Issue C, 1995, Pages 151-214

  Conn, P Michael ^a,b   Janovick, Jo Ann ^a,c   Stanislaus, Dinesh ^a   Kuphal, David ^a   Jennes, Lothar ^b,c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PITUITARY GLAND;

EID: 0029195645     PISSN: 00836729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0083-6729(08)60656-1     Document Type: Article

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