Hypothalamic alterations and reproductive aging in female rats: Evidence of altered luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone neuronal function

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 968-976

  Rubin, B S ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; GnRH; Hypothalamus; LH; Ovulation

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN C FOS;

AGING; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MENOPAUSE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0033796835     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod63.4.968     Document Type: Short Survey

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