Estrogen positive feedback to gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons in the rodent: The case for the rostral periventricular area of the third ventricle (RP3V)

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 277-287

  Herbison, Allan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

AVPV; Estrogen; GnRH; Kisspeptin; LHRH; Periventricular nucleus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GLUTAMIC ACID; GONADORELIN; KISSPEPTIN; NEUROTENSIN;

BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HORMONE RELEASE; NERVE CELL; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; OVULATION; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PSEUDORABIES HERPETOVIRUS; RAT; REVIEW; ROSTRAL PERIVENTRICULAR AREA OF THE THIRD VENTRICLE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ESTROGENS; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; MICE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; OVULATION; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; THIRD VENTRICLE;

EID: 40749148050     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2007.05.006     Document Type: Review

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