Nerve growth factor is required for early follicular development in the mammalian ovary

Endocrinology

Volumn 142, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 2078-2086

  Dissen, Gregory A ^a   Romero, Carmen ^a,c   Hirshfield, Anne Newman ^b   Ojeda, Sergio R ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE; DNA; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 0035043232     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.142.5.8126     Document Type: Article

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