Differential effects of various estradiol-17beta treatments on follicle-stimulating hormone peaks, luteinizing hormone pulses, basal gonadotropin concentrations, and antral follicle and luteal development in cyclic ewes

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 252-262

  Barrett, David M W ^a   Duggavathi, Rajesha ^a,b   Davies, Kate L ^a,c   Bartlewski, Pawel M ^a,d   Bagu, Edward T ^a   Rawlings, Norman C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corpus luteum; Estradiol; Follicle stimulating hormone; Follicular development; Luteinizing hormone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM FUNCTION; DRUG IMPLANTATION; EWE; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONAL REGULATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE;

ANIMALS; CORPUS LUTEUM; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PROGESTERONE; SHEEP;

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 34547425417     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.106.058842     Document Type: Article

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