Contribution of glial-neuronal interactions to the neuroendocrine control of female puberty

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2003-2010

  Ojeda, Sergio R ^a   Lomniczi, Alejandro ^a   Sandau, Ursula ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Female sexual development; Glial cells; Glial neuronal interactions; Hypothalamus; Intercellular signaling; Neuroendocrine neurons

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 4; GLUTAMIC ACID; GONADORELIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; SYNAPTIC CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA CONVERTING ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL INTERACTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GLIA CELL; GONADORELIN RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PUBERTY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FEMALE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PUBERTY; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2; SEXUAL MATURATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 78649997074     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07515.x     Document Type: Article

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