The central oxytocin pulse generator: A pacemaker for the ovarian cycle

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 819-832

  McCracken, John A ^a   Custer, Edward E ^a   Eldering, Joyce A ^a   Robinson, Alan G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

corpus luteum; hormone pulsatility; luteolysis; neurohypophysis; ovarian cycle; oxytocin; pacemaker; pulse generator

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; REVIEW; SHEEP;

EID: 0029828642     PISSN: 00651400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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