Prenatal melatonin and its interaction with tachykinins in the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 443-451

  López, B Díaz ^a   Debeljuk, L ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Spain)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; TACHYKININ;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL PROTEOMICS; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GONADS; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MELATONIN; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RATS; REPRODUCTION; TACHYKININS;

RATTUS;

EID: 33947311654     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD06140     Document Type: Review

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