Changes in mediobasal hypothalamic gonadotropin-releasing hormone messenger ribonucleic acid levels induced by mating or ovariectomy in a reflex ovulator, the ferret

Endocrinology

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 595-602

  Bakker, J ^a   Rubin, B S ^b   Baum, M J ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FERRET; HYPOTHALAMUS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032907466     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.140.2.6519     Document Type: Article

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