The postnatal ontogeny of gonadotroph cells in the female sheep: Developmental patterns of synthesis, storage and release of gonadotrophic hormones

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 130-138

  Wańkowska, Marta ^a   Polkowska, Jolanta ^a  

^a KIELANOWSKI INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND NUTRITION   (Poland)

Author keywords

Female lamb; Gonadotrophic hormones Hybridohistochemistry; Immunohistochemistry; Radioimmunoassay; Sexual development

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN SECRETING CELL; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; ANTISENSE ELEMENTS (GENETICS); FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PROGESTERONE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RNA, MESSENGER; SHEEP;

EID: 31344481060     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2005.10.002     Document Type: Article

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