The bi-modal effects of estradiol on gonadotropin synthesis and secretion in female mice are dependent on estrogen receptor-α

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 309-317

  Lindzey, Jonathan ^b   Jayes, Friederike L ^a   Yates, Mariana M ^a   Couse, John F ^a   Korach, Kenneth S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b LOCK HAVEN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; INHIBIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IN VIVO STUDY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MOUSE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARIECTOMY; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TISSUE LEVEL; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELLS, CULTURED; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GONADOTROPINS, PITUITARY; HYPOTHALAMUS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OVARIECTOMY; PITUITARY GLAND; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 33751051199     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.1.06965     Document Type: Article

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