Prenatal androgen excess enhances stimulation of the GNRH pulse in pubertal female rats

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 222, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 73-85

  Yan, Xiaonan ^a,b   Yuan, Chun ^a   Zhao, Nannan ^a   Cui, Yugui ^a   Liu, Jiayin ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XUZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Androgen; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Kisspeptin; Leptin; Neurokinin B; Polycystic ovary syndrome; Puberty

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 54; GONADORELIN; KISSPEPTIN; LEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROKININ B; SENKTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; KISSPEPTIN 1 GENE; LEPR GENE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEUROKININ B GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PUBERTY; RAT; UPREGULATION;

ANDROGEN; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; KISSPEPTIN; LEPTIN; NEUROKININ B; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PUBERTY;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; KISSPEPTINS; LEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEUROKININ B; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 84904413682     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: 14796805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/JOE-14-0021     Document Type: Article

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