Biology of Kisspeptins

Frontiers of Hormone Research

Volumn 39, Issue , 2010, Pages 25-36

  Hameed, Saira ^a   Dhillo, Waljit S ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 54; GONADORELIN; KISSPEPTIN;

DESENSITIZATION; FERTILITY; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; HYPOTHALAMUS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GONADS; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PUBERTY; RATS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 77956216241     PISSN: 03013073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000312691     Document Type: Review

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