Neonatal lipopolysaccharide exposure delays puberty and alters hypothalamic kiss1 and kiss1r mRNA expression in the female rat

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 683-689

  Knox, A M I ^a   Li, X F ^a   Kinsey Jones, J S ^a   Wilkinson, E S ^a   Wu, X Q ^a   Cheng, Y S ^a   Milligan, S R ^a   Lightman, S L ^b   O'Byrne, Kevin T ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GPR54; Kiss1; Kisspeptin; LPS; Neonatal; Puberty; Rat

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 54; KISSPEPTIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED PUBERTY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PROTEINS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 67650751525     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2009.01885.x     Document Type: Article

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