Circadian control of kisspeptin and a gated GNRH response mediate the preovulatory luteinizing hormone surge

Endocrinology

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 595-606

  Williams III, Wilbur P ^a   Jarjisian, Stephan G ^a   Mikkelsen, Jens D ^b   Kriegsfeld, Lance J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GONADORELIN; KISSPEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SYRIAN HAMSTER; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESOCRICETUS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 79951597966     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2010-0943     Document Type: Article

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