Social suppression of cortisol in female marmosets: Role of luteinizing hormone/chorionic gonadotropin

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 90-99

  Saltzman, Wendy ^a,b   Hogan, Brynn K ^b   Horman, Brian M ^b   Abbott, David H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal cortex; Callithrix jacchus; Chorionic gonadotropin; Cortisol; Leuprolide acetate; Luteinizing hormone; Marmoset; Ovarian cycle; Ovariectomy; Subordination

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN; GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; HYDROCORTISONE; LEUPRORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE INHIBITION; HORMONE RELEASE; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; LUTEAL PHASE; MALE; MARMOSET; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY CYCLE; OVULATION; OVULATION INHIBITION; PHARMACOLOGICAL BLOCKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33747881044     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2006.05.007     Document Type: Article

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