Anandamide regulates the expression of GnRH1, GnRH2, and GnRH-Rs in frog testis

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 303, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Chianese, Rosanna ^a   Ciaramella, Vincenza ^a   Scarpa, Donatella ^a   Fasano, Silvia ^a   Pierantoni, Riccardo ^a   Meccariello, Rosaria ^b  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endocannabinoids; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Gonadotropin releasing hormone receptors

Indexed keywords

ANANDAMIDE; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; ENDOCANNABINOID; GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; GONADOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE 1; GONADOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE 2; GONADOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE RECEPTOR 1; GONADOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE RECEPTOR 2; GONADOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE RECEPTOR 3; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHOLIPASE D; RIMONABANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RANA ESCULENTA; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCTION; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; MALE; PHOSPHOLIPASE D; PIPERIDINES; POLYUNSATURATED ALKAMIDES; PYRAZOLES; RANA ESCULENTA; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; RECEPTORS, LHRH; SEASONS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 84865153943     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00086.2012     Document Type: Article

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