Effects of photoperiod and reproductive responsiveness on pituitary sensitivity to GnRH in male prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 221-228

  Kriegsfeld, Lance J ^a   Drazen, Deborah L ^a   Nelson, Randy J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arvicoline rodent; Breeding; Day length; Luteinizing hormone; Season

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; TESTIS SIZE; VOLE;

EID: 0032756234     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1999.7414     Document Type: Article

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