Oestradiol treatment restores the capacity of castrated males to induce both the Vandenbergh and the Bruce effects in mice (Mus musculus)

Reproduction

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 123-132

  Thorpe, Joelle B ^a   DeCatanzaro, Denys ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLASTOCYST; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HYDRATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMPLANTATION; REPRODUCTION; URINALYSIS; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; CREATININE; DIET; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; ORCHIECTOMY; PHYTOESTROGENS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TESTOSTERONE;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 84855685658     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-11-0251     Document Type: Article

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