The interactive language of the hypothalamus for the gonadotropin releasing hormone (GNRH) system

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 569-576

  Kalra, Satya P ^a   Horvath, Tamas ^b   Naftolin, Frederick ^b   Xu, Bin ^a   Pu, Shuye ^a   Kalra, Pushpa S ^a  

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

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

GnRH; Hypothalamus; Interaction; Language; Neuromodulators; Neurotransmitters; Receptors; Secretion

Indexed keywords

EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; GONADORELIN; HORMONE RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NITRIC OXIDE; STEROID;

GONADORELIN RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0030839518     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.1997.00619.x     Document Type: Review

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