Evidence that thyroid hormones act in the ventromedial preoptic area and the premammillary region of the brain to allow the termination of the breeding season in the ewe

Endocrinology

Volumn 144, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 2892-2901

  Anderson, Greg M ^a,b,e   Hardy, Steven L ^a   Valent, Miroslav ^a   Billings, Heather J ^c,f   Connors, John M ^a   Goodman, Robert L ^a,d  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; IODINE 125; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

ANESTRUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; THYROIDECTOMY;

ANESTRUS; ANIMALS; DRUG IMPLANTS; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS, MIDDLE; PREOPTIC AREA; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SHEEP; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROXINE;

EID: 0038336825     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2003-0322     Document Type: Article

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