Role of progesterone and nonsteroidal ovarian factors in regulating gonadotropin-releasing hormone self-priming in vitro

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1454-1459

  Byrne, Bernadette ^a,b   Fowler, Paul A ^a   Templeton, Allan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLISTATIN; INHIBIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MIFEPRISTONE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HORMONE RESPONSE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE RELEASE; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR FLUID; FOLLISTATIN; GLYCOPROTEINS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; INHIBINS; KINETICS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MIFEPRISTONE; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PROGESTERONE; RATS; SUPEROVULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029964169     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.4.1454     Document Type: Article

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