Interactions between neurotensin and GnRH neurons in the positive feedback control of GnRH/LH secretion in the mouse

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 298, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Dungan Lemko, Heather M ^a   Naderi, Roxana ^a   Adjan, Valeriya ^b   Jennes, Lothar H ^b   Navarro, Victor M ^a   Clifton, Donald K ^c   Steiner, Robert A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Anteroventral periventricular; Brain; Estradiol; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Hypothalamus; Luteinizing hormone; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN; KISSPEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NEUROTENSIN; NEUROTENSIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; HORMONE RELEASE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GENES, FOS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS, MIDDLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS; NEUROTENSIN; OVARIECTOMY; PREOPTIC AREA; RNA, MESSENGER; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 73649105794     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00380.2009     Document Type: Article

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