Hypothalamic control of the pituitary-gonadal axis in higher primates: Key advances over the last two Decades

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 719-726

  Plant, Tony M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

GnRH; Kisspeptin; Ovulation; Primate; Puberty

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BICUCULLINE; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 54; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; KISSPEPTIN; LEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; METASTIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; OXYTOCIN; POLYSIALIC ACID; VASOPRESSIN;

AMENORRHEA; EXERCISE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS FUNCTION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; PUBERTY DISORDERS; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROID RELEASE; STRESS;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; LEPTIN; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PRIMATES; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 45549094156     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2008.01708.x     Document Type: Review

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