Effects of ovarian hormones on internal circadian organization in rats

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Murphy, Zachary C ^a   Pezuk, Pinar ^b,c   Menaker, Michael ^b   Sellix, Michael T ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian clock; Estrous cycle; Ovariectomy; Period1; Rat

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PER1 PROTEIN; PER2 PROTEIN; STEROID HORMONE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SIGNALING PROTEIN; ESTRADIOL; PER1 PROTEIN, RAT; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORNEA; DIESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; EXPLANT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; KIDNEY; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MENOPAUSE; METESTRUS; MOLECULAR CLOCK; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATOR; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; THERAPY EFFECT; TISSUE CULTURE; TRANSGENIC RAT; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PERIOD1; PHYSIOLOGY; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

CIRCADIAN CLOCK; ESTROUS CYCLE; OVARIECTOMY; PERIOD1; RAT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, WHITE; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ESTRADIOL; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; OVARIECTOMY; PERIOD CIRCADIAN PROTEINS; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, TRANSGENIC; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 84886912377     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.113.109322     Document Type: Article

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