Novel males' capacity to disrupt early pregnancy in mice (Mus musculus) is attenuated via a chronic reduction of males' urinary 17β-estradiol

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 688-697

  Beaton, Elliott A ^a   DeCatanzaro, Denys ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

17 Estradiol; Aromatase inhibitor; Bruce effect; ELISA; Mice; Urine

Indexed keywords

ANASTROZOLE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; ESTRADIOL; PHYTOESTROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; ATTENUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MATURITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS;

EID: 18044376832     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2005.03.001     Document Type: Article

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