Does Cortisol Inhibit Pulsatile Luteinizing Hormone Secretion at the Hypothalamic or Pituitary Level?

Endocrinology

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 692-698

  Breen, Kellie M ^a   Karsch, Fred J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN; HYDROCORTISONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNE STATUS; INFLAMMATION; INHIBITION KINETICS; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; STRESS;

ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVARIECTOMY; PERIODICITY; PITUITARY GLAND; SHEEP;

EID: 0842334595     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2003-1114     Document Type: Article

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