Nutritional infertility: The role of the interconnected hypothalamic neuropeptide Y-galanin-opioid network

Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 371-401

  Kalra, Satya P ^a   Kalra, Pushpa S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Galanin; hypothalamus; infertility; Neuropeptide Y; nutrition; opioid

Indexed keywords

GALANIN; INSULIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; OPIATE;

APPETITE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; DIET RESTRICTION; ENERGY BALANCE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; LACTATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0030272305     PISSN: 00913022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/frne.1996.0010     Document Type: Article

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