Functional hypothalamic amenorrhea due to increased CRH tone in Melanocortin Receptor 2-deficient mice

Endocrinology

Volumn 151, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 5489-5496

  Matsuwaki, Takashi ^a   Nishihara, Masugi ^a   Sato, Tsuyoshi ^b   Yoda, Tetsuya ^b   Iwakura, Yoichiro ^a   Chida, Dai ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BUTYL[2,5 DIMETHYL 7 (2,4,6 TRIMETHYLPHENYL) 7H PYRROLO[2,3 D]PYRIMIDIN 4 YL]ETHYLAMINE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GONADORELIN; KISSPEPTIN; MELANOCORTIN 2 RECEPTOR; KISSPEPTIN, MOUSE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN;

AMENORRHEA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED PUBERTY; DIESTRUS; EGG PRODUCTION; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS FUNCTION DISORDER; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STRESS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS DISEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 2; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 78049512488     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2010-0687     Document Type: Article

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