Effects of growth hormone releasing hormone on rat ovarian steroidogenesis

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 50-54

  Hugues, J N ^a   Miro, F ^b   Smyth, C D ^b   Hillier, S G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FSH; GHRH; Granulosa cells; IGF I; Steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; PROGESTERONE; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; NONHUMAN; OVARY FUNCTION; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROGESTERONE SYNTHESIS; RAT; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030039570     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019033     Document Type: Article

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