Mouse models to study the central regulation of puberty

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 324, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 12-20

  Colledge, William H ^a   Mei, Hua ^a   d'Anglemont de Tassigny, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GnRH; Hypothalamus; Mutant mouse models; Neuroendocrine; Puberty; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; EPHRIN RECEPTOR A5; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 4; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; LEPTIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NETRIN; NEUROKININ B; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NITRIC OXIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; REELIN; SEMAPHORIN; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; GONADORELIN;

ANOSMIA; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURVIVAL; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FEMALE SUBFERTILITY; GONADORELIN RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PUBERTY; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 77953898072     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2010.01.015     Document Type: Review

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