Estradiol stimulates progesterone synthesis in hypothalamic astrocyte cultures

Endocrinology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 782-789

  Micevych, Paul E ^a   Chaban, Victor ^a,b   Ogi, Julie ^a   Dewing, Phoebe ^a   Lu, John K H ^a   Sinchak, Kevin ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FULVESTRANT; PROGESTERONE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; STEROL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE SYNTHESIS; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASTROCYTES; CALCIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEXUAL MATURATION; THAPSIGARGIN;

EID: 33846466099     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2006-0774     Document Type: Article

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