Bovine model for the study of reproductive aging in women: Follicular, luteal, and endocrine characteristics

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-53

  Malhi, Pritpal S ^a   Adams, Gregg P ^a   Singh, Jaswant ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Follicle stimulating hormone; Follicular development; Ovary; Steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; STEROID HORMONE;

AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COW; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEAL CELL; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FUNCTION; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGING; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CORPUS LUTEUM; ESTRADIOL; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MENOPAUSE; MODELS, ANIMAL; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PROGESTERONE; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 20844461689     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.104.038745     Document Type: Article

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