Pituitary Gonadotrophic Hormone Synthesis, Secretion, Subunit Gene Expression and Cell Structure in Normal and Follicle-Stimulating Hormone β Knockout, Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Receptor Knockout, Luteinising Hormone Receptor Knockout, Hypogonadal and Ovariectomised Female Mice

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 785-795

  Abel, M H ^a   Widen, A ^a   Wang, X ^a   Huhtaniemi, I ^b   Pakarinen, P ^b   Kumar, T R ^c   Christian, H C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

anterior pituitary; follicle stimulating hormone; gonadotrophs; luteinising hormone; ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; FOLLITROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; PLASMA PROTEIN; THYROTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GONADOTROPIN SECRETING CELL; HETEROZYGOTE; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOGONADAL MOUSE; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECRETORY GRANULE; WILD TYPE;

EID: 85007109955     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jne.12178     Document Type: Article

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