Evidence of a role for kisspeptin and neurokinin B in puberty of female sheep

Endocrinology

Volumn 153, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2756-2765

  Nestor, Casey C ^a   Briscoe, Amanda M S ^a   Davis, Shay M ^a   Valent, Miro ^a   Goodman, Robert L ^a   Hileman, Stanley M ^a,b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN; KISSPEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NEUROKININ B; SENKTIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CELL COUNT; EWE; FEMALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PUBERTY;

EID: 84861321785     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2011-2009     Document Type: Article

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