Biological and anatomical evidence for kisspeptin regulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis of estrous horse mares

Endocrinology

Volumn 150, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2813-2821

  Magee, Christianne ^a   Foradori, Chad D ^b   Bruemmer, Jason E ^a   Arreguin Arevalo, Jesus A ^a   McCue, Patrick M ^a   Handa, Robert J ^b   Squires, Edward L ^c   Clay, Colin M ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; KISS DECAPEPTIDE; KISSPEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORSE; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; MARE; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HORSES; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEURONS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; OVARY; OVULATION; PREOPTIC AREA; REPRODUCTION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 66649087423     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2008-1698     Document Type: Article

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