Evidence that members of the TGFβ superfamily play a role in regulation of the GnRH neuroendocrine axis: Expression of a type I serine-threonine kinase receptor for TGFβ and activin in GnRH neurones and hypothalamic areas of the female rat

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 665-670

  Prevot, Vincent ^a   Bouret, S ^a   Croix, D ^a   Takumi, T ^b   Jennes, L ^c   Mitchell, V ^a   Beauvillain, J C ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activin; GnRH; Hypothalamus; TGF ; TGF receptor

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; GONADORELIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; RECEPTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; INHIBIN; SERINE THREONINE KINASE RECEPTOR; SERINE-THREONINE KINASE RECEPTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CAPILLARY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTION; TANYCYTE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NERVE CELL; NEUROSECRETION; PHYSIOLOGY; WISTAR RAT;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; INHIBINS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEURONS; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTORS, TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 0033625755     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.2000.00508.x     Document Type: Article

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