Leptin modulates fertility under the influence of elevated growth hormone as modeled in oMt1a-oGH transgenic mice

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 421-432

  Thomas, A D ^a   Murray, J D ^a   Oberbauer, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; LEPTIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GONAD; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; ORGAN WEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WEANING; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEPTIN; LITTER SIZE; METALLOTHIONEIN; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 4644335379     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1820421     Document Type: Article

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