The neurobiology of female puberty

Hormone Research

Volumn 60, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2003, Pages 15-20

  Ojeda, Sergio R ^a   Prevot, Vincent ^b   Heger, Sabine ^c   Lomniczi, Alejandro ^a   Dziedzic, Barbara ^d   Mungenast, Alison ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Astroglial cells; Glial neuronal communication; Growth factors; Hypothalamus; Onset of puberty; Sexual development

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINO ACID; GONADORELIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

CELL ACTIVATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; MACROGLIA; NERVE CELL; NERVE TRACT; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL MATURATION; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE;

ANIMALS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACIDS; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PUBERTY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0348010597     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000074495     Document Type: Conference Paper

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