Molecular mapping of the neural pathways linking leptin to the neuroendocrine reproductive axis

Endocrinology

Volumn 152, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2302-2310

  Louis, Gwendolyn W ^a,c   Greenwald Yarnell, Megan ^a,b   Phillips, Rebecca ^a   Coolen, Lique M ^a   Lehman, Michael N ^a   Myers Jr , Martin G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; KISSPEPTIN; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; PROTEIN KISS1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL POPULATION; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMIC VENTRAL PREMAMMILLARY NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REPRODUCTION; SHEEP; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; KISSPEPTINS; LEPTIN; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROENDOCRINE CELLS; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, LEPTIN; REPRODUCTION; SHEEP;

EID: 79956308808     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2011-0096     Document Type: Article

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