Neuropeptide signaling in the integration of metabolism and reproduction

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 175-182

  Crown, Angelena ^a   Clifton, Donald K ^b   Steiner, Robert A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Adiponectin; Arcuate nucleus; Galanin like peptide; Insulin; Kiss1; Kisspeptin; Leptin; Metabolism; Neuropeptide; Neuropeptide Y; Proopiomelanocortin; Reproduction; Thyroid hormone

Indexed keywords

GALANIN LIKE PEPTIDE; GONADORELIN; INSULIN; KISSPEPTIN; LEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; METASTIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; THYROID HORMONE;

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HORMONE RELEASE; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; NEUROPEPTIDES; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 35948997633     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000109095     Document Type: Review

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