Interactions of photoperiod, testosterone, and naloxone on GnRH and LH pulse parameters in the male sheep

Domestic Animal Endocrinology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 97-110

  Jackson, G L ^a   Kuehl, D E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; HEPARIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONIST; OPIATE ANTAGONIST; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SECRETION; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HEPARIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; ORCHIECTOMY; PHOTOPERIOD; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SHEEP; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0033954083     PISSN: 07397240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0739-7240(99)00066-1     Document Type: Article

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