RFamide peptides as mediators in environmental control of GnRH neurons

Progress in Neurobiology

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 176-196

  Parhar, Ishwar ^a   Ogawa, Satoshi ^a   Kitahashi, Takashi ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Environment; Evolution; GnIH; GnRH; Kisspeptin; Neuropeptide; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ARGININE; DOPAMINE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 54; GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; GONADORELIN[1-9] ETHYLAMIDE[6 DEXTRO ALANINE]; KISSPEPTIN; MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE; NEUROPEPTIDE FF; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NORADRENALIN; OREXIN; OXYTOCIN; PHENYLALANINE; PHENYLALANYLMETHIONYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE; PROLACTIN RELEASING FACTOR; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; STEROID HORMONE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ENERGY BALANCE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INTAKE; FOREBRAIN; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENITAL SYSTEM; GLIA; GONAD; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HORMONE BINDING; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MEDIOBASAL HYPOTHALAMUS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MESENCEPHALON; METABOLISM; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OVULATION; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; STRESS; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; ENVIRONMENT; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES;

EID: 84862686895     PISSN: 03010082     EISSN: 18735118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2012.05.011     Document Type: Review

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