The equine hypophysis: A gland for all seasons

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 7-8, 2001, Pages 591-597

  Tortonese, Domingo J ^a,b   Gregory, Susan J ^a,b   Eagle, Rebecca C ^a,b   Sneddon, Carolyne L ^a,b   Young, Claire L ^a,b   Townsend, Julie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; PROLACTIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GONAD; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HORSE; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; HYPOPHYSIS PARS DISTALIS; HYPOPHYSIS PARS TUBERALIS; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0035573658     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/rd01066     Document Type: Article

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