Progesterone priming is essential for the full expression of the positive feedback effect of estradiol in inducing the preovulatory gonadotropin-releasing hormone surge in the ewe

Endocrinology

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 165-170

  Caraty, Alain ^a   Skinner, Donal C ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GONADORELIN RELEASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SHEEP;

EID: 0032893836     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.140.1.6444     Document Type: Article

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