Neurokinin B signalling in the human reproductive axis

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 346, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 57-64

  Topaloglu, A Kemal ^a   Semple, Robert K ^b  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GNRH pulse generator; Neurokinin B; Puberty

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; GONADORELIN; KISSPEPTIN; NEUROKININ B; PROTEIN TAC3; PROTEIN TACR3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BOVIDS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; RODENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; NEUROKININ B; NEURONS; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; RECEPTORS, NEUROKININ-3; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 81155162557     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: 18728057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2011.07.014     Document Type: Review

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