Effect of oestradiol replacement in ovariectomized chickens on pituitary LH concentrations and concentrations of mRNAs encoding LH β and α subunits

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-64

  Terada, O ^a   Shimada, K ^a   Saito, N ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL MATURITY; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; ESTRADIOL; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOPROTEIN HORMONES, ALPHA SUBUNIT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVARIECTOMY; PITUITARY GLAND; RNA, MESSENGER;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0030678591     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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