Excitatory amino acid regulation of gonadotropin secretion in prepubertal heifer calves

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1124-1130

  Honaramooz, Ali ^a   Chandolia, Ramesh K ^a,b   Beard, Andrew P ^a   Rawlings, Norman C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATTLE; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGING; ANIMALS; CATTLE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACIDS; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; N-METHYLASPARTATE; PERIODICITY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 0031770056     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod59.5.1124     Document Type: Article

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