In Vitro Paradigms for the Study of GnRH Neuron Function and Estrogen Effects

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1007, Issue , 2003, Pages 129-142

  Matagne, Valérie ^a   Lebrethon, Marie Christine ^a   Gérard, Arlette ^a   Bourguignon, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Estradiol; GnRH secretion

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GLUTAMIC ACID; GONADORELIN;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENOMICS; GLIA; GONADORELIN RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN VITRO STUDY; INHIBITION KINETICS; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY NERVE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REDUCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

EID: 1342308428     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1286.013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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