Negative effect of estradiol on luteinizing hormone throughout the ovulatory luteinizing hormone surge in mares

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 543-550

  Ginther, O J ^a,b   Utt, M D ^a   Beg, M A ^b   Gastal, E L ^b   Gastal, M O ^a  

^a EUTHERIA FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Follicle; Human chorionic gonadotropin; Luteinizing hormone; Mares; Ovulation

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; MARE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HORSES; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; TIME FACTORS;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 34548270871     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.107.061705     Document Type: Article

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