Gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone (GnIH): Discovery, progress and prospect

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 305-314

  Tsutsui, Kazuyoshi ^a   Ubuka, Takayoshi ^a   Bentley, George E ^b   Kriegsfeld, Lance J ^b  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonadotropin inhibitory hormone (GnIH); Gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH); Gonadotropins; Hypothalamus; Melatonin; Pituitary; Reproduction; Reproductive behavior; Stress

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 147; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; GONADOTROPIN INHIBITORY HORMONE; KISSPEPTIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIRD; DOWN REGULATION; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; GAMETOGENESIS; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE INHIBITION; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE STRUCTURE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MAMMAL; NERVE CELL; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; STEROIDOGENESIS; STRESS; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 84862488294     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.02.013     Document Type: Review

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