Function of gonadotropin-releasing hormone in olfaction

Keio Journal of Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 81-85

  Wirsig Wiechmann, Celeste R ^a  

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

Author keywords

Chemosensory systems; Nervus terminalis; Neuromodulation; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMORECEPTOR; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MALE; NOSE CAVITY; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CHEMORECEPTORS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NASAL CAVITY; REPRODUCTION; SMELL;

EID: 0035379212     PISSN: 00229717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2302/kjm.50.81     Document Type: Review

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