Evidence that luteinizing hormone from the maternal pituitary gland may promote antepartum release of relaxin, luteolysis, and birth in rats.
D000818:Animals; D003338:Corpus Luteum / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology; D007016:Hypophysectomy; D007743:Labor, Obstetric / Q000187:drug effects; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology*; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000502:physiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011374:Progesterone / Q000097:blood; D051381:Rats; D012065:Relaxin / Q000097:blood*; D013997:Time Factors
D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone; D011374:Progesterone; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone; D012065:Relaxin