Circadian regulation of Kiss1 neurons: Implications for timing the preovulatory gonadotropin-releasing hormone/luteinizing hormone surge

Endocrinology

Volumn 150, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3664-3671

  Robertson, Jessica L ^a   Clifton, Donald K ^b   De La Iglesia, Horacio O ^a   Steiner, Robert A ^a,b   Kauffman, Alexander S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; METASTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME REGULATION; FEMALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONS; OVARIECTOMY; PROTEINS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 67651152842     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2009-0247     Document Type: Article

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