Intra-follicular activin availability is altered in prenatally-androgenized lambs

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 185, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 51-59

  West, Christine ^a   Foster, Douglas L ^a,b   Evans, Neil P ^c   Robinson, Jane ^d   Padmanabhan, Vasantha ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Folliculogenesis; Follistatin; Inhibin; PCOS

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; ANDROSTANOLONE; FOLLISTATIN; INHIBIN; INHIBIN A; MESSENGER RNA; MYELOPID; TESTOSTERONE; GONADOTROPIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LAMB; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRILIZATION; ANIMAL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DRUG EFFECT; FETUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SHEEP;

ACTIVINS; ANIMAL; FEMALE; FETUS; GONADOTROPINS, PITUITARY; MODELS, ANIMAL; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; SHEEP; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0035924088     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(01)00632-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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