The hypothalamic median eminence and its role in reproductive aging

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1204, Issue , 2010, Pages 113-122

  Yin, Weiling ^a   Gore, Andrea C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

glia; GnRH; hypothalamus; median eminence; reproductive aging; tanycyte

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956232865     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05518.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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