Adrenocorticotropic hormone suppresses gonadotropin-stimulated estradiol release from zebrafish ovarian follicles

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Alsop, Derek ^a,b   Ings, Jennifer S ^a   Vijayan, Mathilakath M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

8 BROMO CYCLIC AMP; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; FORSKOLIN; MELANOCORTIN 2 RECEPTOR; GONADOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN RELEASE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE INHIBITION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; METABOLISM; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SECRETION;

DANIO RERIO;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GONADOTROPINS; HYDROCORTISONE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 68149108624     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006463     Document Type: Article

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