Hypothalamic expression of KISS1 and gonadotropin inhibitory hormone genes during the menstrual cycle of a non-human primate

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 568-577

  Smith, Jeremy T ^a   Shahab, Muhammad ^b   Pereira, Alda ^a   Pau, K Y Francis ^c   Clarke, Iain J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonadotropin releasing hormone; KISS1; Kisspeptin; Menstrual cycle; Preovulatory surge; RFRP

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN ANTAGONIST; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; METASTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUTEAL PHASE; MACACA; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MACACA MULATTA; NEUROPEPTIDES; RNA, MESSENGER; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

MACACA MULATTA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; PRIMATES;

EID: 77957558583     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.110.085407     Document Type: Article

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