Gonadal Steroid Induction of Kisspeptin Peptide Expression in the Rostral Periventricular Area of the Third Ventricle During Postnatal Development in the Male Mouse

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 907-915

  Clarkson, J ^a   Shamas, S ^a,b   Mallinson, S ^a   Herbison, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Kisspeptin; Oestradiol; Puberty; RP3V; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; KISSPEPTIN; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONADECTOMY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; KISSPEPTINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; THIRD VENTRICLE;

EID: 84860902677     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2012.02294.x     Document Type: Article

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