Possibility of inhibin as a regulator of androstenedione production by the ovary during the period of delayed ovulation in a vespertilionid bat, Scotophilus heathi

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Pharmacology Toxicology and Endocrinology

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 265-272

  Doval, Jayashree ^a   Krishna, A ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Activin; Androstenedione; Bat; Delayed ovulation; hCG; Inhibin; Polycystic ovarian syndrome; Theca interstitial cells

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; INHIBIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY CYCLE; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR ATRESIA; GRANULOSA CELLS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INHIBINS; OVARY; OVULATION; SEASONS;

EID: 0032782702     PISSN: 07428413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-8413(99)00032-8     Document Type: Article

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