Developmental programming: Contribution of Prenatal androgen and estrogen to estradiol feedback systems and periovulatory hormonal dynamics in sheep

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 718-725

  Veiga Lopez, Almudena ^a   Astapova, Olga I ^a   Aizenberg, Esther F ^a   Lee, James S ^a   Padmanabhan, Vasantha ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgens; Infertility; Neuroendocrinology; Ovulation; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; LIFESPAN; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PUBERTY; SHEEP;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; FEMALE; HORMONES; MATERNAL-FETAL RELATIONS; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SHEEP;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 65249183137     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.108.074781     Document Type: Article

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