Developmental programming: Exogenous gonadotropin treatment rescues ovulatory function but does not completely normalize ovarian function in sheep treated prenatally with testosterone

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 686-695

  Steckler, Teresa L ^a,b   Lee, James S ^a   Ye, Wen ^b   Inskeep, E Keith ^c   Padmanabhan, Vasantha ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Follicle stimulating hormone; Follicular cysts; Follicular development; FSH heterogeneity; Gonadotropins; Ovarian follicles; Ovary; Ovulation; Ovulatory cycle

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHROMATOFOCUSING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GROWTH RATE; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE RESPONSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FUNCTION; OVULATION; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SHEEP;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPINS; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVARIAN DISEASES; OVARY; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; REPRODUCTION; TESTOSTERONE;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 53349118114     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.108.068643     Document Type: Article

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