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Corticosterone metabolism by chicken follicle cells does not affect ovarian reproductive hormone synthesis in vitro

Glucocorticoids affect reproductive hormone production in many species. In chickens, elevated plasma corticosterone down-regulates testosterone and progesterone concentrations in plasma, but also in egg yolk. This suppression could be mediated via the hypothalamic-pituitary system but also via local...

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Autores principales: Rettenbacher, Sophie, Henriksen, Rie, Groothuids, Ton G., Lepschy, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Academic Press 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3601324/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23333751
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.12.013