Kisspeptins and the control of gonadotropin secretion in male and female rodents

Peptides

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-66

  Roa, J ^a,b   Castellano, J M ^a,b   Navarro, V M ^a,b   Handelsman, D J ^c   Pinilla, L ^a,b   Tena Sempere, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

FSH; GnRH; Gonadotropins; GPR54; KiSS 1; Kisspeptins; LH; Mouse; Rat

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 54; GONADOTROPIN; KISSPEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SEX HORMONE;

HORMONE RELEASE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GONADOTROPINS; MALE; MICE; PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MAMMALIA; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 57849167842     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2008.08.009     Document Type: Review

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