Beyond leptin: Emerging candidates for the integration of metabolic and reproductive function during negative energy balance

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 2, Issue OCT, 2011, Pages

  True, Cadence ^a   Grove, Kevin L ^a   Smith, M Susan ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GnIH; GnRH; Kisspeptin; Leptin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862259435     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2011.00053     Document Type: Review

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