Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) surge generator in female rats

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 141, Issue , 2002, Pages 165-173

  Funabashi, Toshiya ^a   Mitsushima, Dai ^a   Nakamura, Takahiro J ^a   Uemura, Tsuguo ^b   Hirahara, Fumiki ^a   Shinohara, Kazuyuki ^a   Suyama, Kumiko ^a   Kimura, Fukuko ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Fujisawa City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FEMININITY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE TRANSPORT; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

EID: 0036456127     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(02)41091-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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