Effects of melatonin infused into the III ventricle on prolactin, β-endorphin and luteotropin secretion in ewes during the different stages of the reproductive cycle

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 769-778

  Misztal, Tomasz ^a   Romanowicz, Katarzyna ^a   Barcikowski, Bernard ^a  

^a KIELANOWSKI INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND NUTRITION   (Poland)

Author keywords

dopamine; LHRH; luteotropin; melatonin; prolactin; endorphin

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; DOPAMINE; GONADORELIN; MELATONIN; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SHEEP;

EID: 0029796537     PISSN: 00651400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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