Infertility in a line of mice with the high growth mutation is due to luteal insufficiency resulting from disruption at the hypothalamic-pituitary axis

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 283-287

  Cargill, Shelley L ^a   Medrano, Juan F ^a   Anderson, Gary B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENE MUTATION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; LUTEAL INSUFFICIENCY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CORPUS LUTEUM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GROWTH DISORDERS; HYPOTHALAMUS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MUTATION; OVARY; PITUITARY GLAND; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; PROTEOGLYCANS;

EID: 0033017958     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod61.1.283     Document Type: Article

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