Endogenous circannual rhythm in luteinizing hormone secretion: Insight from signal analysis coupled with mathematical modelling

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1908, 2009, Pages 4759-4777

  Vidal, Alexandre ^a,c   Médigue, Claire ^a   Malpaux, Benoît ^b   Clément, Frédérique ^a  

^a INRIA   (France)

^b UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ D EVRY VAL D ESSONNE   (France)

Author keywords

Chronobiology; Endogenous reproductive rhythm; Mathematical modelling; Time frequency analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HORMONES; SAMPLING; SIGNAL ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TIME SERIES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WOOL;

ACTION MECHANISMS; CIRCANNUAL; CYCLICITY; DAY-LENGTH; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; INTERPULSE INTERVAL; LOW FREQUENCY; MATHEMATICAL MODELLING; SAMPLING PROTOCOL; SEASONAL CHANGES; SEASONAL PATTERNS; SIGNAL COMPONENTS; TIME-FREQUENCY SIGNAL PROCESSING; WIGNER-VILLE DISTRIBUTION;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSIS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SECRETION; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOPERIOD; PITUITARY GLAND; SEASONS; SHEEP;

EID: 73349089950     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2009.0136     Document Type: Article

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