LH Response (in vivo and in vitro) to an LHRH Agonist Administered to Domestic Male Cats

Archives of Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 254-258

  Genaro, G ^a,d   Lacerda Neto, J C ^b   Rosa E Silva, A A M ^c  

^a Barao de Maua University   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cat; Domestic cat; Felids; LH; LHRH; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; GONADORELIN[1-9] ETHYLAMIDE[6 DEXTRO ALANINE]; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; HYPOPHYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 1642533673     PISSN: 13813455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/apab.111.3.254.23456     Document Type: Article

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