Variations in maternal care alter corticosterone and 17beta-estradiol levels, estrous cycle and folliculogenesis and stimulate the expression of estrogen receptors alpha and beta in the ovaries of UCh rats

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Amorim, João P A ^a   Chuffa, Luiz G A ^a   Teixeira, Giovana R ^b   Mendes, Leonardo O ^a   Fioruci, Beatriz A ^a   Martins, Otávio A ^b   Júnior, Wílson M ^b   Anselmo Franci, Janete A ^c   Pinheiro, Patricia F F ^b   Martinez, Marcelo ^d   Martinez, Francisco E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; E2; Maternal care; Ovary; Sex steroid receptors

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; HORMONE; KI 67 ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT STRAIN; TIME; WESTERN BLOTTING;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HORMONES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84055219478     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-9-160     Document Type: Article

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