Role of the adrenal gland and adrenal-mediated chemosignals in suppression of estrus in the house mouse: The Lee-Boot effect revisited

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1317-1320

  Ma, Weidong ^a   Miao, Zhongshan ^a   Novotny, Milos V ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; VOLATILE AGENT;

ADRENAL FUNCTION; ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0031794021     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod59.6.1317     Document Type: Article

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