Pubertal impairment in Nhlh2 null mice is associated with hypothalamic and pituitary deficiencies

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3013-3027

  Cogliati, Tiziana ^a,d   Delgado Romero, Petra ^a   Norwitz, Errol R ^c   Guduric Fuchs, Jasenka ^d   Kaiser, Ursula B ^c   Wray, Susan ^b,e   Kirsch, Ilan R ^a,f  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^f AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SEXUAL MATURATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; WILD TYPE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; PHENOTYPE; PITUITARY DISEASES; SEXUAL MATURATION;

MUS;

EID: 36849037936     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/me.2005-0337     Document Type: Article

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