Two subgroups of gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons control gonadotropin secretion in rats

News in Physiological Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 225-231

  Kimura, Fukuko ^a   Funabashi, Toshiya ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0032360577     PISSN: 08861714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiologyonline.1998.13.5.225     Document Type: Article

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