Expression of gonadotropin-releasing hormone and gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor in sheep spinal cord

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 346, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 120-122

  Dolan, Sharron ^a   Evans, Neil P ^a   Richter, Trevor A ^b   Nolan, Andrea M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Gonadotropin releasing hormone receptor; Mammalian; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SHEEP; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; TISSUE LEVEL;

EID: 0038721894     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(03)00594-9     Document Type: Article

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