High androgen production by ovarian thecal interstitial cells: A mechanism for delayed ovulation in a tropical vespertilionid bat, Scotophilus heathi

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 207-211

  Abhilasha, ^a   Krishna, A ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANDROSTENEDIONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BAT; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE; THECA CELL;

ANDROGENS; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OVULATION; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE; THECA CELLS;

SCOTOPHILUS HEATHI; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 0029926909     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.1060207     Document Type: Article

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