Sexual dimorphism of kisspeptin and neurokinin B immunoreactive neurons in the infundibular nucleus of aged men and women

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 2, Issue DEC, 2011, Pages

  Hrabovszky, Erik ^a   Molnár, Csilla S ^a   Sipos, Máté T ^a   Vida, Barbara ^a   Ciofi, Philippe ^b   Borsay, Beáta A ^c   Sarkadi, László ^c   Herczeg, László ^c   Bloom, Stephen R ^d   Ghatei, Mohammad A ^d   Dhillo, Waljit S ^d   Kalló, Imre ^a,e   Liposits, Zsolt ^a,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUT FRANÇOIS MAGENDIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^d HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e PÁZMÁNY PÉTER CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Immunohistochemistry; Infundibulum; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857430001     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2011.00080     Document Type: Article

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