The role of RFamide-related peptide 3 (RFRP3) in regulation of the neuroendocrine reproductive and growth axes of the boar

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 159, Issue , 2015, Pages 60-65

  Thorson, Jennifer F ^a   Desaulniers, Amy T ^b   Lee, Chanho ^b   White, Brett R ^b   Ford, J Joe ^a   Lents, Clay A ^a  

^a U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Boar, Growth hormone; Luteinizing hormone; Neuroendocrinology; RFamide related peptide 3

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

GROWTH HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NEUROPEPTIDE; RFAMIDE PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; BLOOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIG; TIME FACTOR;

ANIMALS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; GROWTH HORMONE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; NEUROPEPTIDES; SWINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84937520908     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2015.05.013     Document Type: Article

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