Kisspeptin activates the hypothalamic-adenohypophyseal-gonadal axis in prepubertal ewe lambs

Reproduction

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 541-548

  Redmond, J S ^a   Macedo, G G ^a,b   Velez, I C ^a,c   Caraty, A ^a,b,c   LWilliams, G ^d   Amstalden, M ^a,c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; KISSPEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EWE; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GONADS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PULSATILE FLOW; SEXUAL MATURATION; SHEEP; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 79952820995     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-10-0467     Document Type: Article

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