The neurosteroid progesterone underlies estrogen positive feedback of the LH surge

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 2, Issue DEC, 2011, Pages

  Micevych, Paul ^a   Sinchak, Kevin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ER 4; Estrogen receptor; Membrane estradiol signaling; Receptor trafficking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863783738     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2011.00090     Document Type: Review

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