The Nhlh2 transcription factor is required for female sexual behavior and reproductive longevity

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 420-427

  Johnson, Sarah A ^a   Marín Bivens, Carrie L ^a   Miele, Melissa ^a   Coyle, Christopher A ^a   Fissore, Rafael ^a   Good, Deborah J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

bHLH transcription factor; Estrous cycle; Fertility; In vitro fertilization; Lordosis; Mouse mice; Premature reproductive senescence; Sexual receptivity

Indexed keywords

STEROID HORMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE CONTROL; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; INFERTILITY; LONGEVITY; LORDOSIS; MALE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OOCYTE; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; GAMETOGENESIS; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OVULATION; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 4744363342     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2004.03.006     Document Type: Article

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