Control of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) anterior pituitary-gonadal axis with analogues of GnRH

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 598-605

  Allen, Camryn D ^a   Burridge, Michelle ^b   Chafer, Mandy L ^b   Nicolson, Vere N ^b   Jago, Sophia C ^b   Booth, Rosemary J ^c   Fraser, Grant ^c   Ensabella, Traza Jade ^c   Zee, Yeng Peng ^a   Lundie Jenkins, Geoff ^c   Holt, William V ^d   Lisle, Allan T ^a   Carrick, Frank N ^a   Curlewis, Jonathan D ^a   D'Occhio, Michael J ^a   Johnston, Stephen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Dreamworld   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^d INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acyline; Buserelin; GnRH agonist; GnRH antagonist; LH; Natural sequence GnRH; Progestogen; Receptal; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ACYLINE; BUSERELIN; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESPONSE; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; KOALA; LUTEAL PHASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROGESTERONE RELEASE; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BUSERELIN; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GONADS; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; MALE; OLIGOPEPTIDES; OVULATION INDUCTION; PHASCOLARCTIDAE; PITUITARY FUNCTION TESTS; PITUITARY GLAND; TESTOSTERONE;

PHASCOLARCTIDAE; PHASCOLARCTOS CINEREUS;

EID: 44649179887     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD07214     Document Type: Article

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