Innervation of gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons by peptidergic neurons conveying circadian or energy balance information in the mouse

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Ward, Daniel R ^a   Dear, Fiona M ^a   Ward, Ian A ^a   Anderson, Susan I ^a   Spergel, Daniel J ^b   Smith, Paul A ^a   Ebling, Francis J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; GONADORELIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYPOTHALAMUS HORMONE; MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY BALANCE; FEMALE; GENE CONSTRUCT; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; MALE; METABOLIC REGULATION; MOUSE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDERGIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; MOUSE STRAIN; NERVE CELL; NERVE TRACT;

MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

ANIMALS; BETA-ENDORPHIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYPOTHALAMIC HORMONES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES;

EID: 65449185842     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005322     Document Type: Article

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