Prenatal dihydrotestosterone differentially masculinizes tonic and surge modes of luteinizing hormone secretion in sheep

Endocrinology

Volumn 140, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 3459-3466

  Masek, Katherine S ^a   Wood, Ruth I ^b   Foster, Douglas L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c 300 North Ingalls Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SHEEP; TESTOSTERONE METABOLISM; VIRILIZATION;

EID: 0033304755     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.140.8.6913     Document Type: Article

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