Changes in the Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) Neuronal System during the Annual Reproductive Cycle of the Horseshoe Bat, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum

Zoological Science

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 779-786

  Kawamoto, Keiichi ^a   Kurahashi, Shotaro ^a   Hayashi, Toshiyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

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EID: 0032276074     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.15.779     Document Type: Article

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