Effects of environmental endocrine disruptors and phytoestrogens on the kisspeptin system

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 784, Issue , 2013, Pages 455-479

  Patisaul, Heather B ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GENISTEIN; KISSPEPTIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANESTRUS; ARTICLE; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ESTRUS CYCLE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; LIFESPAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL MATURATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84934437880     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-6199-9_21     Document Type: Article

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