Daily GnRH and LH secretion in ewes is not modified by exogenous melatonin during seasonal anestrus

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 289-297

  Romanowicz, Katarzyna ^a   Misztal, Tomasz ^a   Gajewska, Alina ^a   Barcikowski, Bernard ^a  

^a KIELANOWSKI INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND NUTRITION   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anestrus; GnRH; LH; Melatonin

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ESTRUS CYCLE; GONADORELIN RELEASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PULSATILE FLOW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHEEP;

ANESTRUS; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MELATONIN; SEASONS; SHEEP;

EID: 0035682671     PISSN: 00651400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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