Expression of fos and in vivo median eminence release of LHRH identifies an active role for preoptic area kisspeptin neurons in synchronized surges of LH and LHRH in the ewe

Endocrinology

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 214-222

  Hoffman, Gloria E ^a   Le, Wei Wei ^a   Franceschini, Isabelle ^b   Caraty, Alain ^b   Advis, Juan P ^c  

^a MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; KISSPEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROTEIN FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EWE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GONADORELIN RELEASE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NEURONS; PREOPTIC AREA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; SHEEP; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 78650843257     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2010-0066     Document Type: Article

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