Estrogen-negative feedback and estrous cyclicity are critically dependent upon estrogen receptor-α expression in the arcuate nucleus of adult female mice

Endocrinology

Volumn 155, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2986-2995

  Yeo, Shel Hwa ^a   Herbison, Allan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; DEPENDOVIRUS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; INTEGRASES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL;

EID: 84904960488     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2014-1128     Document Type: Article

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