Nonhuman primate models of menopause workshop

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 10-18

  Bellino, Francis L ^a   Wise, Phyllis M ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Neuroendocrinology; Ovary; Pituitary hormones; Steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BABOON; BODY FAT; BONE METABOLISM; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CHIMPANZEE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HORMONE METABOLISM; HORMONE RELEASE; HOT FLUSH; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIFESPAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENOPAUSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHORT SURVEY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THERMOREGULATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGING; ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; COGNITION; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; OVARY; PRIMATES;

ANIMALIA; PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES; PAPIO; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PRIMATES;

EID: 0037232732     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.005215     Document Type: Short Survey

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