Dietary Deficiency of Essential Amino Acids Rapidly Induces Cessation of the Rat Estrous Cycle

• Kazumi Narita ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Kazumi Narita, Kenji Nagao

  Affiliation Department of Integrative Physiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Yoshida-gun, Fukui, Japan

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• Kenji Nagao ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Kazumi Narita, Kenji Nagao

  Affiliation Frontier Research Labs, Institute for Innovation, Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, Japan

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• Makoto Bannai ,

  * E-mail: makoto_bannai@ajinomoto.com

  Affiliation Frontier Research Labs, Institute for Innovation, Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, Japan

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• Toru Ichimaru,

  Affiliation Department of Integrative Physiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Yoshida-gun, Fukui, Japan

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• Sayako Nakano,

  Affiliation Frontier Research Labs, Institute for Innovation, Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, Japan

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• Takuya Murata,

  Affiliation Department of Integrative Physiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Yoshida-gun, Fukui, Japan

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• Takashi Higuchi,

  Affiliation Department of Integrative Physiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Yoshida-gun, Fukui, Japan

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• Michio Takahashi

  Affiliation Frontier Research Labs, Institute for Innovation, Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, Japan

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