Changes in circulating and ovarian concentrations of bioactive tumour necrosis factor α during the first ovulation at puberty in rats and in gonadotrophin-treated immature rats

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 337-341

  Montgomery Rice, V ^a   Limback, S D ^b   Roby, K F ^b   Terranova, P F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVIDUCT; OVULATION; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FEMALE; GONADOTROPINS, EQUINE; OVARY; OVULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEXUAL MATURATION; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; FALLOPIA;

EID: 0031757177     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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