Mechanisms of stress on reproduction evidence for a complex intra-hypothalamic circuit

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 851, Issue , 1998, Pages 364-370

  Calogero, Aldo E ^a,b   Bagdy, Gyorgy ^a   D'Agata, Rosario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; ENDORPHIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; GONADORELIN; PROLACTIN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; GONADORELIN RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; REPRODUCTION; STRESS;

EID: 0031873715     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb09010.x     Document Type: Article

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