Mapping of kisspeptin fibres in the brain of the pro-oestrous rat

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1101-1112

  Desroziers, E ^a   Mikkelsen, J ^b   Simonneaux, V ^c   Keller, M ^a   Tillet, Y ^a   Caraty, A ^a   Franceschini, I ^a  

^a UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Antibody; Hypothalamus; Kisspeptin; Median eminence; Rat

Indexed keywords

KISSPEPTIN; KISSPEPTIN 10; KISSPEPTIN 25; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRIA TERMINALIS; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS; PROESTRUS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 77956743732     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2010.02053.x     Document Type: Article

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