Reproductive hormone-dependent and -independent contributions to developmental changes in kisspeptin in GnRH-deficient hypogonadal mice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Gill, John C ^a,b   Wang, Oulu ^c   Kakar, Shelley ^a,b   Martinelli, Enzo ^a,b   Carroll, Rona S ^a,b   Kaiser, Ursula B ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Harvard Reproductive Endocrine Sciences Center   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; KISSPEPTIN; KISSPEPTIN, MOUSE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTEROVENTRAL PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOGONADISM; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PUBERTY; SEX DIFFERENCE; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

MUS;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOGONADISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MICE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 77955612080     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011911     Document Type: Article

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