Influence of testosterone on LHRH release, LHRH mRNA and proopiomelanocortin mRNA in male sheep

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 113-121

  Hileman, Stanley M ^a   Lubbers, Laura S ^a   Petersen, Sandra L ^b   Kuehl, David E ^a   Scott, Christopher J ^a   Jackson, Gary L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Luteinizing hormone; Luteinizing hormone releasing hormone; Proopiomelanocortin; Sheep; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GONADORELIN RELEASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE;

EID: 0029986310     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.1996.tb00831.x     Document Type: Article

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