Glial-neuronal interactions in the neuroendocrine control of mammalian puberty: Facilitatory effects of gonadal steroids

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 528-540

  Ojeda, Sergio R ^a   Ma, Ying J ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Female sexual development; Glial growth factors; Gonadal steroids; Hypothalamic astrocytes; Neuroendocrine neurons

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GONADORELIN; GROWTH FACTOR; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; STEROID; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

ASTROCYTE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GLIA CELL; GONADORELIN RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REVIEW; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PUBERTY; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 0033567849     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(19990915)40:4<528::AID-NEU9>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Review

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