A critical period for thyroid hormone action on seasonal changes in reproductive neuroendocrine function in the ewe

Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 3402-3409

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; THYROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOTHESIS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SHEEP; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 0030871313     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.138.8.5341     Document Type: Article

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