Excess androgen during puberty disrupts circadian organization in female rats

Endocrinology

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1636-1647

  Sellix, Michael T ^a   Murphy, Zachary C ^a   Menaker, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; LUCIFERASE; PER1 PROTEIN; PLACEBO;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HYPERANDROGENISM; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OVIDUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUBERTY; RAT; TISSUE CULTURE; WEIGHT GAIN; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; CORNEA; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; LIVER; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PERIOD CIRCADIAN PROTEINS; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; RATS; RATS, TRANSGENIC; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 84875862961     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2012-2066     Document Type: Article

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