Co-Localisation of Kisspeptin with Galanin or Neurokinin B in Afferents to Mouse GnRH Neurones

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 464-476

  Kallo I ^a,b   Vida, B ^a   Deli, L ^a   Molnar C S ^a   Hrabovszky, E ^a   Caraty, A ^c   Ciofi, P ^d   Coen, C W ^e   Liposits, Z ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b PÁZMÁNY PÉTER CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

^d INSTITUT FRANÇOIS MAGENDIE   (France)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Double and triple labelling; Immunohistochemistry; In situ hybridisation; Pre embedding electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 54; GALANIN; GONADORELIN; KISSPEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROKININ B;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GONADOTROPHIN RELEASING HORMONE NEURON; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GALANIN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KISSPEPTINS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEUROKININ B; NEURONS, AFFERENT; OVARIECTOMY;

EID: 84857381702     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2011.02262.x     Document Type: Article

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