Pulsatile luteinizing hormone secretion in the ovariectomized, thyroidectomized red deer hind following treatment with dopaminergic and opioidergic agonists and antagonists

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 960-968

  Anderson, Greg M ^a,b   Barrell, Graham K ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ESTRADIOL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; OPIATE AGONIST; OPIATE ANTAGONIST; PROLACTIN; SULPIRIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; FEMALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; THYROIDECTOMY;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BROMOCRIPTINE; DEER; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; FEMALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MORPHINE; OVARIECTOMY; PROLACTIN; RECEPTORS, OPIOID; SEASONS; THYROIDECTOMY; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 0031657784     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod59.4.960     Document Type: Article

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