A kiss for daily and seasonal reproduction

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 199, Issue , 2012, Pages 423-437

  Simonneaux, Valérie ^a   Bur, Isabelle ^a   Ancel, Caroline ^a   Ansel, Laura ^a   Klosen, Paul ^a  

^a Hopitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg   (France)

Author keywords

Circadian clock; Hamster; Kisspeptin; Melatonin; Reproduction; RFRP; Season; Thyroid hormone

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GONADOTROPIN; KISSPEPTIN; MELATONIN; THYROID HORMONE;

ARCUATE NUCLEUS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENE EXPRESSION; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HAMSTER; HORMONE BINDING; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RECEPTOR BINDING; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; TANYCYTE;

EID: 84864808105     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: 18757855     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-59427-3.00024-1     Document Type: Chapter

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