Abnormal estrous cyclicity and behavioral hyporesponsiveness to ovarian hormones in genetically obese Zucker female rats

Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 143-148

  Bivens, Carrie Lynn Marín ^a   Olster, Deborah H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; PROGESTERONE; STEROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; INFERTILITY; LORDOSIS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0031031627     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.138.1.4849     Document Type: Article

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