Characterizing the neuroendocrine and ovarian defects of androgen receptor-knockout female mice

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 305, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Cheng, Xiaobing B ^b   Jimenez, Mark ^a   Desai, Reena ^a   Middleton, Linda J ^a   Joseph, Shai R ^a   Ning, Guang ^c,d   Allan, Charles M ^a   Smith, Jeremy T ^e   Handelsman, David J ^a   Walters, Kirsty A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^d SHANGHAI SECOND MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Female reproduction; Ovulation

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN; KISSPEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; MOUSE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTION;

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; FEMALE REPRODUCTION; OVULATION;

ANIMALS; CORPUS LUTEUM; ESTRADIOL; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; KISSPEPTINS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; OVULATION; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN;

EID: 84884371390     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00263.2013     Document Type: Article

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