In vitro nitric oxide effects on basal and gonadotropin-releasing hormone-induced gonadotropin secretion by pituitary gland of male crested newt (Triturus carnifex) during the annual reproductive cycle

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1217-1223

  Gobbetti, Anna ^a   Zerani, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

8 BROMO CYCLIC GMP; CYCLIC GMP DERIVATIVE; CYSTAMINE; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; GUANYLATE CYCLASE INHIBITOR; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COURTSHIP; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SALAMANDER;

EID: 0032939067     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod60.5.1217     Document Type: Article

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