Corticosterone blocks ovarian cyclicity and the LH surge via decreased kisspeptin neuron activation in female mice

Endocrinology

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1187-1199

  Luo, Elena ^a   Stephens, Shannon B Z ^a   Chaing, Sharon ^a   Munaganuru, Nagambika ^a   Kauffman, Alexander S ^a   Breen, Kellie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; KISSPEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BETA SUBUNIT; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN C FOS; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ESTROGEN; KISS1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GONADOTROPIN SECRETING CELL; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ANIMAL; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; BRAIN; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BRAIN; CORTICOSTERONE; DIESTRUS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS, ANTERIOR; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KISSPEPTINS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MICE; NEURONS; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, LHRH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84960540330     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2015-1711     Document Type: Article

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