Plasma concentrations of prolactin in brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) in different physiological states

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 295-305

  Crawford, Janet L ^a   Thomson, B P ^a   Beaumont, M F ^a   Eckery, D C ^a,b  

^a AGRESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREEDING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LACTATION; LAPAROSCOPY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; PUERPERIUM; SEASONAL VARIATION; TERM BIRTH; TRICHOSURUS; WEANING;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; LACTATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROLACTIN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEASONS; TRICHOSURUS;

EID: 33747873215     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.1.06882     Document Type: Article

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