Prenatal androgens defeminize activation of GnRH neurons in response to estradiol stimulation

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 617-625

  Wood, Ruth I ^a   Kim, Sung Ji ^a   Foster, Douglas L ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Fos; Immediate early gene; Immunocytochemistry; LHRH; Sexual differentiation; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NICKEL CHLORIDE; PROTEIN C FOS; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMB; LIMBIC SYSTEM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029740180     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.1996.tb00697.x     Document Type: Article

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