Physiological role of metastin/kisspeptin in regulating gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) secretion in female rats

Peptides

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-56

  Ohkura, Satoshi ^a   Uenoyama, Yoshihisa ^a   Yamada, Shunji ^a   Homma, Tamami ^a   Takase, Kenji ^a   Inoue, Naoko ^a   Maeda, Kei ichiro ^a   Tsukamura, Hiroko ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Estrous cycle; Lactation; Pulse; Suckling stimulus; Surge

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GONADORELIN; KISSPEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; METASTIN;

ARTICLE; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ESTROGENS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; LACTATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; NEURONS; PROTEINS; RATS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED;

RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 57849151120     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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