Genetic contributions of the endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene to ovulation and menopause in a mouse model

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1025-1031

  Tempfer, Clemens ^a,b   Moreno, Rene M ^b   O'Brien, William E ^b   Gregg, Anthony R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Menopause; Murine model; Nitric oxide; Nos3; Ovulation

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HISTOLOGY; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPEROVULATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MENOPAUSE; MICE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; OOCYTES; OVARY; OVULATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPEROVULATION;

EID: 0033995450     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(00)00417-9     Document Type: Article

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