Molecular mechanisms of gonadotropin-releasing hormone neuronal migration

Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 96-102

  Wierman, Margaret E ^a,b   Pawlowski, John E ^a,b   Allen, Melissa P ^a,b   Xu, Mei ^a,b   Linseman, Daniel A ^a,b   Nielsen Preiss, Sheila ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NETRIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BONE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL ADHESION; CELL COUNT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CHROMOSOME 8P; CRIBRIFORM PLATE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOREBRAIN; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE MUTATION; GONAD; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; KALLMANN SYNDROME; MATURATION; MITOGENESIS; MODEL; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NOSE; OLFACTORY NERVE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOVEMENT; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; NEURITES; NEURONS;

EID: 1842575793     PISSN: 10432760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tem.2004.02.003     Document Type: Review

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