Evidence that the arcuate nucleus is an important site of progesterone negative feedback in the ewe

Endocrinology

Volumn 152, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3451-3460

  Goodman, Robert L ^a   Holaskova, Ida ^a   Nestor, Casey C ^a   Connors, John M ^a   Billings, Heather J ^a   Valent, Miro ^a   Lehman, Michael N ^b   Hileman, Stanley M ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MIFEPRISTONE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; DRUG IMPLANT; DRUG INHIBITION; EWE; HORMONE INHIBITION; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MIFEPRISTONE; NEURONS; OVARIECTOMY; PROGESTERONE; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; SHEEP;

EID: 80052510465     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2011-0195     Document Type: Article

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