Response to exogenous kisspeptin varies according to sex and reproductive condition in Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 172-179

  Greives, Timothy J ^a   Long, Kimberly L ^a   Bergeon Burns, Christine M ^a   Demas, Gregory E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GPR54; Kiss1; Metastin; Puberty; Seasonal reproduction

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; KISSPEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHODOPUS; PHODOPUS SUNGORUS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 78650304327     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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