Immunocytochemical localization of kisspeptin neurons in the rat forebrain with special reference to sexual dimorphism and interaction with GnRH neurons

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 161-171

  Xu, Zhifang ^b   Kaga, Shigehito ^b   Mochiduki, Akikazu ^a,b   Tsubomizu, Jun ^b   Adachi, Sachika ^b   Sakai, Takafumi ^b   Inoue, Kinji ^b   Adachi, Akihito A ^b  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arcuate nucleus (ARC); Gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH); Kiss1 kisspeptin metastin; Median eminence (ME); Rostral periventricular area of the third ventricle (RV3P)

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; KISSPEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; METASTIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENITAL SYSTEM; GONADECTOMY; GONADORELIN NEURON; GONADORELIN RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KISSPEPTIN NEURON; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARIECTOMY; PERIKARYON; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PREOPTIC AREA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRIA TERMINALIS;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KISSPEPTINS; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; ORCHIECTOMY; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; OVARIECTOMY; PROSENCEPHALON; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; THIRD VENTRICLE;

EID: 84863267126     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.EJ11-0193     Document Type: Article

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