Dose-response relationship of 15α-hydroxylated sex steroids to gonadotropin-releasing hormones and pituitary extract in male sea lampreys (Petromyzon marinus)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 108-115

  Young, Bradley A ^a   Bryan, Mara B ^a   Glenn, Jessica R ^a   Yun, Sang Seon ^a   Scott, Alexander P ^b   Li, Weiming ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

15 hydroxyprogesterone; GnRH; Lamprey; Progesterone; Steroid

Indexed keywords

15ALPHA HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; 15ALPHA HYDROXYTESTOSTERONE; GONADORELIN; HYPOPHYSIS EXTRACT; SEX HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PETROMYZON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33846898513     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2006.12.005     Document Type: Article

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