Kisspeptins in reproductive biology: Consensus knowledge and recent developments

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 650-660

  Roa, Juan ^a,d   Navarro, Victor M ^a,e   Tena Sempere, Manuel ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH GnRH receptor); Gonadotropins; GPR54; Kiss1; Kiss1R; Kisspeptin; Leptin; Neuroendocrinology; Ovulation; Puberty; Reproduction; Sex steroids

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; DYNORPHIN; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; KISSPEPTIN; KISSPEPTIN 1; LEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NEUROKININ B; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; SEX HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTEROVENTRAL PERIVENTRICULAR AREA; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CELL POPULATION; ENERGY BALANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FERTILITY; GONADORELIN RELEASE; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; METABOLIC REGULATION; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTION; SENSORY NERVE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; KISSPEPTINS; LEPTIN; MALE; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; OVULATION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 80955123891     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.111.091538     Document Type: Short Survey

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