Regulation of circulating gonadotropins by the negative effects of ovarian hormones in mares

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 315-323

  Ginther, O J ^a,b   Gastal, E L ^a   Gastal, M O ^a   Beg, M A ^a  

^a EUTHERIA FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Follicle; Follicle stimulating hormone; Gonadotropins; Inhibin; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; INHIBIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORSE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LUTEOLYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HORSES; INHIBINS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARIECTOMY; OVULATION; PROGESTERONE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 22544469990     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.105.040253     Document Type: Article

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