Changes in sex steroids, gonadotropins, prolactin, and inhibin in pregnant and nonpregnant Japanese black bears (Ursus thibetanus japonicus)

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1006-1013

  Sato, M ^a   Tsubota, T ^a   Komatsu, T ^a   Watanabe, G ^a   Taya, K ^a   Murase, T ^a   Kita, I ^a   Kudo, T ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corpus luteum function; Pregnancy; Progesterone; Prolactin; Seasonal reproduction

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM FUNCTION; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; JAPAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PSEUDOPREGNANCY;

EID: 0034805763     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod65.4.1006     Document Type: Article

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