Insulin and NPY pathways and the control of GnRH function and puberty onset

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 324, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 82-86

  Pralong, François P ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

GnRH; Hypothalamus; Insulin; Leptin; Neuropeptide Y

Indexed keywords

EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; GONADORELIN; INSULIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING 3; LEPTIN;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENERGY BALANCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METABOLIC REGULATION; NERVE CELL; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ANIMALS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN; LEPTIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PUBERTY; SEXUAL MATURATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77953915672     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2010.01.037     Document Type: Review

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