How much of the gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) surge is required for generation of the luteinizing hormone surge in the ewe? Duration of the endogenous GnRH signal

Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 4730-4737

  Evans, Neil P ^a,c   Dahl, Geoffrey E ^a,d   Caraty, Alain ^b   Padmanabhan, Vasantha ^a   Thrun, Lori A ^a   Karsch, Fred J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GONADORELIN RELEASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SHEEP;

EID: 0029809278     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.137.11.8895340     Document Type: Article

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