Melanocortins and reproduction

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 340-350

  Schiöth, Helgi B ^a   Watanobe, Hajime ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endocrine and autonomic regulation; Hypothalamic pituitary gonadal regulation

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; ALPHA INTERMEDIN; BETA INTERMEDIN; BETA INTERMEDIN[11-22][11 (N ACETYLCYSTEINE) 14 [3 (2 NAPHTHYL) DEXTRO ALANINE] 18 CYSTEINE 22 ASPARTIC ACID AMIDE] 11,18 CYCLIC DISULFIDE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN[4-10]; DOPAMINE; ESTROGEN; GAMMA INTERMEDIN; INTERMEDIN; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN 2 RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN 3 RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; N ACETYL ALPHA INTERMEDIN[4-10]CYCLO[4 NORLEUCINE 5 ASPARTIC ACID 7 [3 (2 NAPHTHYL)ALANINE] 10 LYSINAMIDE]; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; PROLACTIN RECEPTOR; PROLACTIN RELEASING FACTOR; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROTIRELIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE CELL; BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; DIET RESTRICTION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; ENERGY BALANCE; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RECEPTOR DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUCKING;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LEPTIN; MELANOCYTE-STIMULATING HORMONES; PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN; RECEPTORS, MELANOCORTIN; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0036123545     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0173(01)00159-X     Document Type: Review

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