The hypothalamic GnRH pulse generator: multiple regulatory mechanisms

Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 402-408

  Krsmanovic, Lazar Z ^a   Hu, Lian ^a   Leung, Po Ki ^a   Feng, Hao ^a   Catt, Kevin J ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CYCLIC AMP; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 54; GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; KISSPEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C BETA; STEROID RECEPTOR;

AUTOCRINE EFFECT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; GONADORELIN RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; HYPOTHALAMUS FUNCTION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PITUITARY GLAND; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 70349390624     PISSN: 10432760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tem.2009.05.002     Document Type: Review

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