Opiatergic influence on gonadotropin-releasing hormone and luteinizing hormone release during the macaque menstrual cycle

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 478-484

  Pau, K Y Francis ^a   Berria, Matthew ^c   Hess, David L ^a,b   Spies, Harold G ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NALMEFENE; OPIATE; OPIATE ANTAGONIST; STEROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; STRESS;

EID: 0029761067     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod55.2.478     Document Type: Article

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