Sexual differentiation of kisspeptin neurons responsible for sex difference in gonadotropin release in rats

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1200, Issue , 2010, Pages 95-103

  Tsukamura, Hiroko ^a   Homma, Tamami ^a   Tomikawa, Junko ^a   Uenoyama, Yoshihisa ^a   Maeda, Kei Ichiro ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

GnRH; GPR54; Kiss1; Kiss1r; LH; sex difference

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTROGEN; GONADOTROPIN; KISSPEPTIN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 77954605422     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05645.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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