Importance of the gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) surge for induction of the preovulatory luteinizing hormone surge of the ewe: Dose- response relationship and excess of GnRH

Endocrinology

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 588-595

  Bowen, Jennifer M ^a   Dahl, Geoffrey E ^b   Evans, Neil P ^c   Thrun, Lori A ^a,d   Wang, Yuedong ^a,e   Brown, Morton B ^a   Karsch, Fred J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GONADORELIN RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

EID: 0031788015     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.139.2.5719     Document Type: Article

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