Gonadotrophin-releasing hormone nerve terminals, tanycytes and neurohaemal junction remodelling in the adult median eminence: Functional consequences for reproduction and dynamic role of vascular endothelial cells

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 639-649

  Prevot, V ^a,b   Bellefontaine, N ^a,b   Baroncini, M ^a,b,c   Sharif, A ^a,b   Hanchate, N K ^a,b   Parkash, J ^a,b   Campagne, C ^a,b   de Seranno, S ^a,b  

^a JEAN PIERRE AUBERT RESEARCH CENTER   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

GnRH; Growth factor; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase; Oestrogens

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATINE; ESTROGEN; GONADORELIN; GROWTH FACTOR; ICOSANOID; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; MESSENGER RNA; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; NEUROPILIN 1; NITRIC OXIDE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; SEMAPHORIN 3A; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ASTROCYTE; CELL INTERACTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ESTRUS CYCLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIA CELL; GONADORELIN RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE ENDING; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; TANYCYTE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; CYTOLOGY; GLIA; METABOLISM; NEUROSECRETION; PHYSIOLOGY;

DINOPROSTONE; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NERVE ENDINGS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 77954167788     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2010.02033.x     Document Type: Review

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