Estradiol requirements for induction and maintenance of the gonadotropin-releasing hormone surge: Implications for neuroendocrine processing of the estradiol signal

Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 5408-5414

  Evans, N P ^a,c   Dahl, G E ^a,d   Padmanabhan, V ^b   Thrun, L A ^a,b   Karsch, F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GONADORELIN RELEASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0030704216     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.138.12.5558     Document Type: Article

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