Ontogenetic profile of FSH and LH in Rana esculenta

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 114-121

  Fiorentino, M ^a   Yamamoto, K ^b   Tanaka, S ^c   Pinelli, C ^a   D'Aniello, B ^a   Kikuyama, S ^b   Rastogi, R K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MATURATION; FROG; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

RANA ESCULENTA;

EID: 0032821563     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1999.7313     Document Type: Article

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