The neuroanatomy of the kisspeptin system in the mammalian brain

Peptides

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 26-33

  Mikkelsen, Jens D ^a   Simonneaux, Valerie ^b  

^a NEUROSEARCH A S   (Denmark)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Arcuate nucleus; AVPV; Immunohistochemistry; Metastin; Puberty; RFRP

Indexed keywords

KISSPEPTIN;

GONADOTROPIN SECRETING CELL; MAMMAL; NERVE CELL; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 58049206766     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2008.09.004     Document Type: Review

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