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Estrus

Known as: estrous, oestrus 
The period in the ESTROUS CYCLE associated with maximum sexual receptivity and fertility in non-primate female mammals.
National Institutes of Health

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Estrous CycleIn BloodMenstrual cycleMenstruation

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reproductive function

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Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Oxytocin concentrations in peripheral blood during the oestrous cycle and after ovariectomy in two breeds of sheep with low and high fecundity.
Oxytocin was measured radioimmunologically during the oestrous cycle in six ewes of each of two local Moroccan breeds of sheep… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Effect of combined selenium and retinyl acetate treatment on mammary carcinogenesis.
The influence of feeding a pharmacological level of either selenium (SE), retinyl acetate (RA), or selenium and retinyl acetate… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Serum progesterone concentrations in cows receiving embryo transfers.
Progesterone concentrations in systemic blood were determined by radioimmunoassay in crossbred cattle used as recipients in an… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Regulation of uterine angiotensin II receptors by estrogen and progesterone.
The characteristics of uterine receptors for angiotensin II and their regulation during the estrous cycle and after gonadal… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Stress-induced gonadotropin and prolactin secretory patterns.
To further evaluate the influence that sex, time of day and/or stage of the estrous cycle have on stress-induced changes in… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Prostaglandin receptors in the human, monkey and hamster uterus.
An in vitro tissue slice incubation system has been used to measure uptake and binding of 3H-labeled prostaglandins by uterine… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Plasma progesterone levels in pregnant and pseudopregnant ferrets.
In the ferret, the life-span and growth of the CL is dependent on pituitary hormones. Hypophysectomy arrests the development of… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
The effect of constant photoperiod on the expression of oestrus in the ewe.
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Progesterone blockade of the ovulatory response to intrapituitary infusion of LH-RH in rabbits.
Ovulation was induced in estrous rabbits in response either to crude rabbit median eminence extract (MEE) or to 0.2 ng of a… 
Highly Cited
1966
Highly Cited
1966
Influence of luteinizing hormone on corpus luteum metabolism and progesterone biosynthesis throughout the bovine estrous cycle.
Progesterone biosynthesis in vitro by slices of bovine corpora lutea obtained surgically throughout the estrous cycle has been…