Orexins and the regulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-testicular axis

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 198, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 349-354

  Nurmio, M ^a   Tena Sempere, M ^b   Toppari, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hypothalamic pituitary gonadal axis; Orexin; Testis

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GHRELIN; GONADORELIN; HORMONE PRECURSOR; INHIBIN; LEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; OREXIN 1 RECEPTOR; OREXIN 2 RECEPTOR; OREXIN A; OREXIN B; SEX HORMONE; STEM CELL FACTOR;

AROUSAL; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY BALANCE; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONAD; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TESTIS SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTION; SERTOLI CELL; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOCYTE; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTIS FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONES; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; NEUROPEPTIDES; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; OVARY; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RECEPTORS, NEUROPEPTIDE; REPRODUCTION; TESTIS;

EID: 75749091411     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: 17481716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2009.02006.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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