Gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone (GnIH) and its control of central and peripheral reproductive function

Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 284-295

  Tsutsui, Kazuyoshi ^a   Bentley, George E ^b   Bedecarrats, Gregoy ^c   Osugi, Tomohiro ^a   Ubuka, Takayoshi ^b   Kriegsfeld, Lance J ^b  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gonadotropin inhibitory hormone (GnIH); Gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH); Gonadotropins; Hypothalamus; Kisspeptin; Melatonin; Neuropeptides; Pituitary; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 147; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 74; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; GONADOTROPIN INHIBITORY HORMONE; INHIBIN; MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; NEUROHORMONE; NEUROPEPTIDE; SEX HORMONE; STEROID HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AVIAN PROTEIN; GONADOTROPIN-INHIBITORY HORMONE, COTURNIX JAPONICA; HYPOTHALAMUS HORMONE;

AUTOCRINE EFFECT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOWL; GAMETOGENESIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MAMMAL; NERVE CELL; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUAIL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STEROIDOGENESIS; TISSUE CULTURE; VERTEBRATE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AVIAN PROTEINS; BIRDS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC HORMONES; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 77954164207     PISSN: 00913022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2010.03.001     Document Type: Review

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