Hypothalamic but not pituitary or ovarian defects underlie the reproductive abnormalities in Axl/Tyro3 null mice

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 339, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 151-158

  Pierce, Angela ^a,b   Xu, Mei ^a,b   Bliesner, Brian ^a,b   Liu, Zhilin ^c   Richards, JoAnne ^c   Tobet, Stuart ^d   Wierman, Margaret E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Axl; GnRH; LH surge; Ovary; Tyro3

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROTEIN AXL; PROTEIN TYRO3; SEX HORMONE; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS DISEASE; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OVARY DISEASE; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPEROVULATION; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL SIDE-CHAIN CLEAVAGE ENZYME; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MICE; MICE, 129 STRAIN; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; PITUITARY GLAND; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; REPRODUCTION; SUPEROVULATION;

EID: 79958021473     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: 18728057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2011.04.007     Document Type: Article

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