GnRH action on luteal steroidogenesis during pregnancy

Steroids

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 618-623

  Sridaran, Rajagopala ^a   Lee, Michelle A ^a   Haynes, Lia ^a   Srivastava, Rajesh K ^a   Ghose, Manjushree ^a   Sridaran, Geetha ^a   Smith, Carol J ^a  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Corpus luteum; GnRH; Ovary; Pregnancy; Steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

20ALPHA DIHYDROPROGESTERONE; CYTOCHROME P450; GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; LUTRELIN; PREGNENOLONE; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROGESTERONE RELEASE; PROGESTERONE SYNTHESIS; STEROIDOGENESIS; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0032851175     PISSN: 0039128X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-128X(99)00042-2     Document Type: Article

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