Roles of inhibin and estradiol in the regulation of follicle-stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone secretion during the estrous cycle of the rat

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 127-133

  Arai, K ^a   Watanabe, G ^a   Taya, K ^a   Sasamoto, S ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; IMMUNIZATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; METESTRUS; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 0029788403     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod55.1.127     Document Type: Article

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