Circadian control of reproduction in the female rat

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 111, Issue , 1996, Pages 295-320

  Van Der Beek, E M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NEUROPEPTIDE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0029750908     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(08)60415-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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