Adrenarche in the rat

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 301-308

  Pignatelli, Duarte ^b   Xiao, Fang ^a   Gouveia, Alexandra M ^b   Ferreira, Jorge G ^b   Vinson, Gavin P ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYTOCHROME P450 17; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; MESSENGER RNA;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL FUNCTION; ADRENARCHE; ANDROSTENEDIONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GESTAGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROXYLATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUBERTY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEROID RELEASE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

17-ALPHA-HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENARCHE; ANDROGENS; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; GROWTH; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEXUAL MATURATION; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; TESTOSTERONE; ZONA RETICULARIS;

EID: 33751022081     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.1.06972     Document Type: Article

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