New concepts of the neuroendocrine regulation of gonadotropin surges in rats

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 293-302

  Levine, Jon E ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dept of Neurobiology and Physiology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADOTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SECOND MESSENGER; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; OVULATION; PITUITARY GLAND; RATS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031059168     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod56.2.293     Document Type: Article

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