The role of kisspeptins and GPR54 in the neuroendocrine regulation of reproduction

Annual Review of Physiology

Volumn 70, Issue , 2008, Pages 213-238

  Popa, Simina M ^a   Clifton, Donald K ^a   Steiner, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen; GnRH; Gonadotropin; Kiss1; Metastin

Indexed keywords

145 AMINO ACID PEPTIDE; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 54; GONADORELIN; KISSPEPTIN; LEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PEPTIDE; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; KISS1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; KISS1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; KISS1 PROTEIN, RAT; KISS1R PROTEIN, HUMAN; KISS1R PROTEIN, MOUSE; KISS1R PROTEIN, RAT; PROTEIN; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARCUATE NUCLEUS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; KISS1 GENE; LIGHT; METABOLISM; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; RODENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; NEUROSECRETION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; REPRODUCTION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 43549083266     PISSN: 00664278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.physiol.70.113006.100540     Document Type: Review

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