Kisspeptins and the control of gonadotrophin secretion

Systems Biology in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 121-128

  Dedes, Ioannis ^a  

^a IASO   (Greece)

Author keywords

Absent puberty; Delayed puberty; GPR54; HPG axis; Hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism; KiSS 1; Kisspeptins; Precocious puberty

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 54; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; HORMONE ANTAGONIST; KISSPEPTIN; KISSPEPTIN 10; KISSPEPTIN AGONIST; KISSPEPTIN PEPTIDE 234; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DOWN REGULATION; DRUG BINDING; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE INHIBITION; HUMAN; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; HYPOTHALAMIC AMENORRHEA; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PUBERTY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; TACHYPHYLAXIS; TROPHOBLAST;

ADULT; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADAL DISORDERS; GONADOTROPINS; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; KISSPEPTINS; MALE; MICE; MUTATION; PREGNANCY; RATS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED;

EID: 84861124215     PISSN: 19396368     EISSN: 19396368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/19396368.2011.651555     Document Type: Review

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