Follicle-stimulating hormone enhances the development of preantral follicles in juvenile rats

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 990-998

  McGee, Elizabeth A ^a   Perlas, Emerald ^a   LaPolt, Philip S ^b,e   Tsafriri, Alex ^c   Hsueh, Aaron J W ^a,d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; INHIBIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; LUTEINIZATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; INHIBINS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; ORGAN SIZE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, LHRH;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030817298     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod57.5.990     Document Type: Article

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