The pituitary endocrine mechanisms involved in mammalian maturation: Maternal and photoperiodic influences

Reproductive Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-18

  Wańkowska, Marta ^a   Polkowska, Jolanta ^a  

^a KIELANOWSKI INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND NUTRITION   (Poland)

Author keywords

ACTH; FSH; GH; Growth; LH; Puberty; Seasonality; Stress

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

ANIMAL; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; HYPOPHYSIS; MAMMAL; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ANIMALS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; MAMMALS; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; PHOTOPERIOD; PITUITARY GLAND; SEXUAL MATURATION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77953091096     PISSN: 1642431X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1642-431X(12)60034-5     Document Type: Review

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