Luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone is a primary signaling molecule in the neuroimmune network

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 840, Issue , 1998, Pages 205-248

  Marchetti, Bianca ^a   Gallo, Francesco ^a   Farinella, Zelinda ^a   Tirolo, Catalog ^b   Testa, Nuccio ^b   Romeo, Carmela ^a   Morale, Maria C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b OASI RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE;

ASTROCYTE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CONTACT; CONFERENCE PAPER; ESTRUS CYCLE; GLIA CELL; GONADORELIN RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROIDOGENESIS; THYMUS;

EID: 0032078402     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb09564.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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