Characteristics and regulation of the ovarian cycle in vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus aethiops)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 890-900

  Molskness, Theodore A ^a   Hess, David L ^a   Maginnis, Gwen M ^a   Wright, Jay W ^a   Fanton, John W ^a   Stouffer, Richard L ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Gonadotropin hormones; Menstrual cycle; Progesterone; Uterine luteolytic factor

Indexed keywords

ACYLINE; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; OLIGOPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

HISTOLOGY; HORMONE; IMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CERCOPITHECUS; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HYSTERECTOMY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECINAE; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GONADOTROPINS, PITUITARY; HYSTERECTOMY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OLIGOPEPTIDES; OVARY;

CERCOPITHECUS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; MACACA;

EID: 34548044503     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20395     Document Type: Article

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