Enhanced serum oestrogen levels and highly steroidogenic, luteinized atretic follicles in the ovaries of the djungarian hamster (Phodopus sungorus) kept under a short photoperiod from birth

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 701-710

  van den Hurk, R ^b   Dijkstra, G ^b   de Jong, F H ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; EOSIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; HEMATOXYLIN; PARAFFIN; PROGESTERONE; STEROID HORMONE;

AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; DELIVERY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; GRANULOSA CELL; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; LEYDIG CELL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; STEROIDOGENESIS; SUNLIGHT; THECA CELL;

EID: 0036856377     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1470701     Document Type: Article

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