Effect of nitric oxide synthase inhabitors on ovulation in hCG-stimulated mares

Theriogenology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1017-1026

  Pinto, C R F ^a   Paccamonti, D L ^a   Eilts, B E ^a   Short, C R ^a   Godke, R A ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aminoguanidine; L NAME; Mares; Nitric oxide; Ovulation

Indexed keywords

AMINOGUANIDINE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GUANIDINE DERIVATIVE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NG NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; PROGESTERONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HORSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FUNCTION; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; STEROIDOGENESIS; DRUG ANTAGONISM; HISTOLOGY;

EQUIDAE;

ANIMALS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GUANIDINES; HORSES; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PROGESTERONE;

EID: 0036707577     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(02)00932-9     Document Type: Article

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