Balance between opposite effects of short day stimulation and testicular steroid feedback inhibition on pituitary pulsatile LH release in male mink, Mustela vison

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Pharmacology Toxicology and Endocrinology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-32

  Jallageas, M ^a,b   Mas, N ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b ETABLISSEMENT FRANÇAIS DU SANG   (France)

Author keywords

castration; feedback; luteinizing hormone; mink; photoperoid; pulsatile secretion

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MINK; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TESTIS;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CASTRATION; DARKNESS; LIGHT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MINK; PITUITARY GLAND; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0030250371     PISSN: 07428413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-8413(96)00117-X     Document Type: Article

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