The contribution of lower vertebrate animal models in human reproduction research

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-27

  Chianese, Rosanna ^a   Chioccarelli, Teresa ^a   Cacciola, Giovanna ^a   Ciaramella, Vincenza ^a   Fasano, Silvia ^a   Pierantoni, Riccardo ^a   Meccariello, Rosaria ^b   Cobellis, Gilda ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endocannabinoid system; Estrogens; GnRH; Human reproduction; Non mammalian vertebrates

Indexed keywords

ENDOCANNABINOID; ESTROGEN; GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENITAL SYSTEM; GONAD FUNCTION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 79951510370     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.12.011     Document Type: Review

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