Glucose availability modulates the timing of the luteinizing hormone surge in the ewe

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 785-792

  Medina, Christopher L ^a,d   Nagatani, Shoji ^a   Darling, Tiffany A ^a   Bucholtz, David C ^a   Tsukamura, Hiroko ^c   Maeda, Kei Ichiro ^c   Foster, Douglas L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Glucose availability; Hypoglycemia; LH surge

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GLUCOSE; GONADOTROPIN; INSULIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LATENT PERIOD; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SHEEP;

EID: 0031668625     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.1998.00264.x     Document Type: Article

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