Gonadotrophin-releasing hormone pulse generator activity in the hypothalamus of the goat

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 813-821

  Ohkura, S ^a,b   Takase, K ^b   Matsuyama, S ^a   Mogi, K ^c   Ichimaru, T ^c   Wakabayashi, Y ^a   Uenoyama, Y ^b   Mori, Y ^c   Steiner, R A ^d   Tsukamura, H ^b   Maeda, K I ^b   Okamura, H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypothalamus; Kisspeptin; Luteinising hormone; Multiple unit activity; Ruminant

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; KISSPEPTIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GOAT; GONADORELIN RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; GOATS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; ORCHIECTOMY; PERIODICITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 70349969812     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2009.01909.x     Document Type: Article

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