Contributions of endogenous inhibin and estradiol to the regulation of follicle-stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone secretion in the pregnant rat

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1482-1489

  Arai, Koji ^a   Komura, Hitoshi ^a   Akikusa, Tamaki ^a   Iio, Kaori ^a   Kishi, Hisashi ^a   Watanabe, Gen ^a   Taya, Kazuyoshi ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT;

ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNIZATION, PASSIVE; INHIBINS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS; UTERUS;

EID: 0031008560     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod56.6.1482     Document Type: Article

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