Kiss1 neurons in the forebrain as central processors for generating the preovulatory luteinizing hormone surge

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 25, 2006, Pages 6687-6694

  Smith, Jeremy T ^a   Popa, Simina M ^a   Clifton, Donald K ^b   Hoffman, Gloria E ^c   Steiner, Robert A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arcuate; AVPV; Estrogen; Kiss1 mRNA; Kisspeptin; Metastin; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE KISS1; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN FOS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ESTRADIOL; KISS1 PROTEIN, RAT; PROTEIN; PROTEIN V FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; OVARIECTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NEURONS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS V-FOS; OVARIECTOMY; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PROSENCEPHALON; PROTEINS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 33745787320     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1618-06.2006     Document Type: Article

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