Age-dependent role of steroids in the regulation of growth of the hen follicular wall

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Lebedeva, Irina Y ^a,b   Lebedev, Vladimir A ^a,c   Grossmann, Roland ^a   Parvizi, Nahid ^a  

^a FLI   (Germany)

^b Center of Animal Biotechnology and Molecular Diagnostics Russian Research Institute of Animal Breeding   (Russian Federation)

^c All Russian Research Institute of Farm Animal Genetics and Breeding   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLUTETHIMIDE; ESTRADIOL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; GROWTH REGULATION; HEN; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVULATION; REPRODUCTION; THECA CELL; AGE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHICKEN; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INJECTION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; AMINOGLUTETHIMIDE; ANIMALS; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICKENS; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; GRANULOSA CELLS; INJECTIONS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; REPRODUCTION; THECA CELLS;

EID: 77949434681     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-8-15     Document Type: Article

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