Corticotrophin-releasing factor alters the timing of puberty in the female rat

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 102-109

  Kinsey Jones, J S ^a   Li, X F ^a,b   Knox, A M I ^a   Lin, Y S ^a,b   Milligan, S R ^a   Lightman, S L ^c   O'Byrne, K T ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CRF; CRF receptor; Puberty; Rat; Stress

Indexed keywords

ASTRESSIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOTIC MINIPUMP; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUBERTY; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; CATHETERIZATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; ESTRUS; FEMALE; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; RNA, MESSENGER; SEXUAL MATURATION; TIME FACTORS; VAGINA;

EID: 75449116966     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2009.01940.x     Document Type: Article

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