The effect of ACTH on the GnRH-induced release of LH and testosterone in male white-tailed deer

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Pharmacology Toxicology and Endocrinology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 173-179

  Bubenik, George A ^a   Brown, Robert D ^b   Schams, Dieter ^c   Bartos, Ludek ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

ACTH; Cortisol; GnRH; Luteinizing Hormone; Nutrition; Reproduction; Stress; Testosterone; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GONADORELIN; HYDROCORTISONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DEER; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; STRESS; SUMMER; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE; WINTER;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; DEER; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEASONS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0032933611     PISSN: 07428413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-8413(98)10101-9     Document Type: Article

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