Sexual differentiation of the surge mode of gonadotropin secretion: Prenatal androgens abolish the gonadotropin-releasing hormone surge in the sheep

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 627-633

  Herbosa, Cristina G ^a,b   Dahl, Geoffrey E ^a,c   Evans, Neil P ^a,d   Pelt, Juanita ^a   Wood, Ruth I ^a,e   Foster, Douglas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

GnRH; LHRH; Luteinizing hormone; Steroids; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; GONADECTOMY; GONADORELIN RELEASE; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SHEEP;

EID: 0029775865     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.1996.tb00698.x     Document Type: Article

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