FSH regulates acetycholine production by ovarian granulosa cells

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Mayerhofer, Artur ^a   Kunz, Lars ^a   Krieger, Annette ^a   Proskocil, Becky ^b   Spindel, Eliot ^b   Amsterdam, Abraham ^c   Dissen, Gregory A ^b   Ojeda, Sergio R ^b   Wessler, Ignaz ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^d JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; FOLLITROPIN; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETUS; GRANULOSA CELL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RHESUS MONKEY; SPECIES COMPARISON;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL LINE; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GRANULOSA CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACACA MULATTA; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OVARY; RATS;

MACACA MULATTA;

EID: 33748331176     PISSN: 14777827     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-4-37     Document Type: Article

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