Central circadian control of female reproductive function

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 5, Issue JAN, 2014, Pages

  Miller, Brooke H ^a   Takahashi, Joseph S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Clock gene; Estrous cycle; Parturition; Proestrus

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; GONADORELIN; KISSPEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; PROTEIN BMAL1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE; VASOPRESSIN;

BIRTH; BMAL1 GENE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLOCK GENE; CORPUS LUTEUM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PER GENE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 84898033947     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2013.00195     Document Type: Review

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