Evaluation of LH secretory dynamics during the rat proestrous LH surge

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 276, Issue 1 45-1, 1999, Pages

  Hoeger, Kathleen M ^a   Kolp, Lisa A ^b   Strobl, Frank J ^c   Veldhuis, Johannes D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Approximate entropy; Deconvolution; Pulse analysis; Rat luteinizing hormone half life

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ENTROPY; FEMALE; HALF LIFE TIME; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0032919285     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1999.276.1.r219     Document Type: Article

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