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EVIDENCE THAT SEXUAL DIFFERENTIATION OF REPRODUCTIVE NEUROENDOCRINE FUNCTION IN THE SHEEP INVOLVES AN EXTENDED CRITICAL PERIOD, AND DEFEMINIZATION AND MASCULINIZATION OF THE CONTROL OF GnRH SECRETION.
Author(s): Jackson, Leslie¹, Slotten, Paul², Malcolm, Karl ¹, Chang, Paul ¹, Foster, Douglas ^{1, 2, 3}, ¹ University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI² University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI³ University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

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A ROLE OF A NEURON-SPECIFIC NOVEL EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR-LIKE REPEAT DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN, NELL2, IN THE FEMALE PUBERTY ONSET BY REGULATING GLUTAMATE RELEASE IN THE HYPOTHALAMUS.
Author(s): Lee, Byung Ju¹, Ha, Chang Man¹, Ojeda, Sergio², ¹ Department of Biological Sciences, University of Ulsan, Ulsan, South Korea² Division of Neuroscience, Oregon National Primate Research Center/ Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, OR

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DIFFERENTIAL ROLE OF PROGESTERONE IN THE GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE (GNRH) SYSTEM, AND FUNCTION OF GNRH I AND II ON THE TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVITIES OF SEX STEROID HORMONE RECEPTORS.
Author(s): An, Beum-Soo¹, Choi, Jung-Hye¹, Choi, Kyung-Chul¹, Leung, Peter C. K.¹, ¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

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EFFECT OF TESTOSTERONE ON THE EXPRESSION OF N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE RECEPTOR -1 (NMDA RECEPTOR-1) IN THE HYPOTHALAMUS OF MALE SHEEP.
Author(s): Ruiz, Ana¹, Kittok, Roger ¹, ¹ University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Ne

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SECRETONEURIN STIMULATES PITUITARY LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE IN VITRO AND IS A POTENTIAL NEW REPRODUCTIVE PEPTIDE.
Author(s): Zhao, Robert¹, Werry, Kate¹, Samia, Marwan¹, Basak, Ajoy², Trudeau, Vance¹, ¹ Centre for Advanced Research in Environmental Genomics, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada² Diseases of Aging Laboratory, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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IS POLYSIALYLATED NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE (PSA-NCAM) REQUIRED FOR THE GnRH SURGE?
Author(s): Billings, Heather¹, Lehman, Michael¹, Coolen, Lique¹, Connors, John², Hardy, Steven², Breen, Kellie³, Rutishauser, Urs⁴, Goodman, Robert², Karsch, Fred³, ¹ Dept Cell Biology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH² Physiology Dept, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV³ Dept Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI⁴ Sloan-Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY

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FETAL EXPOSURE TO AN AROMATASE INHIBITOR ALTERS TONIC SECRETION OF LUTEINIZING HORMONE IN CASTRATED POST-PUBERTAL RAMS.
Author(s): Schrunk, Jessica¹, Stellflug, John², Resko, John³, Roselli, Charles³, Stormshak, Fredrick¹, ¹ Dept. Animal Sci. OSU, Corvallis, OR² ARS-USSES, Dubois, ID³ Dept. Physiol. & Pharm, Portland, OR

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A NEURONAL PATHWAY REGULATING PROLACTIN AND LUTEINIZING HORMONE SECRETION IN THE TURKEY HYPOTHALAMUS.
Author(s): Kang, Seong¹, Al-Zailaie, Khaled¹, Thayananuphat, Aree¹, Youngren, Orlan¹, El Halawani, Mohamed¹, ¹ University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN

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