A role for neurotransmitters in early follicular development: Induction of functional follicle-stimulating hormone receptors in newly formed follicles of the rat ovary

Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 3320-3329

  Mayerhofer, Artur ^a,b   Dissen, Gregory A ^a   Costa, Maria E ^a   Ojeda, Sergio R ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR; ISOPRENALINE; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NORADRENALIN; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION;

EID: 0030744210     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.138.8.5335     Document Type: Article

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