Developmental Programming: Prenatal Androgen Exposure Alters the Gonadotroph Population of the Ovine Pituitary Gland

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 434-442

  Robinson, J E ^a   Hastie, P M ^a   Shah, A ^a   Smith, A ^a   Evans, N P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gonadotroph; Oestrogen receptor; Ovine; Pituitary gland; Programming

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BETA SUBUNIT; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL PROGRAMMING; EWE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GONADOTROPIN SECRETING CELL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; ORGAN SIZE; PITUITARY GLAND; SHEEP; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

EID: 84863144420     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2011.02264.x     Document Type: Article

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