Subfertile female androgen receptor knockout mice exhibit defects in neuroendocrine signaling, intraovarian function, and uterine development but not uterine function

Endocrinology

Volumn 150, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 3274-3282

  Walters, K A ^a   McTavish, K J ^a   Seneviratne, M G ^a   Jimenez, M ^a   McMahon, A C ^a   Allan, C M ^a   Salamonsen, L A ^b   Handelsman, David J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c ANZAC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; DIESTRUS; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FEMALE SUBFERTILITY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LACTATION; MOUSE; MYOMETRIUM; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUP (RODENT); UTERUS; UTERUS FUNCTION; UTERUS GROWTH; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; PITUITARY GLAND; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RECEPTORS, LHRH; UTERUS;

EID: 67649642147     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2008-1750     Document Type: Article

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