Relationship between Regulatory Effects of Serotonin and Testosterone on the Development of LHRH Producing System of Rat Brain during Prenatal Development

Ontogenez

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 50-51

  Adamskaya, E I ^a   Kuznetsova, T A ^a   Shishkina, I V ^a   Babichev, V N ^a   Ugryumov, M V ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^b KOL TSOV INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Development; Hypothalamus; Luteinizing hormone releasing hormone; Rat; Serotonin; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842664952     PISSN: 04751450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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