Corticotrophin-releasing factor and stress-induced inhibition of the gonadotrophin-releasing hormone pulse generator in the female

Brain Research

Volumn 1364, Issue , 2010, Pages 153-163

  Li, X F ^a   Knox, A M I ^a   O'Byrne, K T ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CRF; GnRH; Kisspeptin; LH; Reproduction; Stress

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; GLUCOCORTICOID; GONADORELIN; KISSPEPTIN; NORADRENALIN; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; VASOPRESSIN;

ARCUATE NUCLEUS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; LIMBIC CORTEX; LOCUS CERULEUS; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE GENERATOR; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SHEEP; STRESS;

ANIMALS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; LOCUS COERULEUS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VASOPRESSINS;

OVIS ARIES; PRIMATES; RATTUS;

EID: 78649498604     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.08.036     Document Type: Review

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