Gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor mRNA expression in the ovaries of neonatal and adult rats

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 14-22

  Kogo, Hiroshi ^a   Fujimoto, T ^a   Park, M K ^b   Mori, T ^b  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Development; Follicular atresia; Gonadotropin releasing hormone receptor; Hybridization, in situ; Ovary; Rat

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RNA ANALYSIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; OVARY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, LH; RECEPTORS, LHRH; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0032969909     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000016638     Document Type: Article

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