Low degree of overlap between kisspeptin, neurokinin B, and dynorphin immunoreactivities in the infundibular nucleus of young male human subjects challenges the KNDy neuron concept

Endocrinology

Volumn 153, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 4978-4989

  Hrabovszky, Erik ^a   Sipos, Máté T ^a   Molnár, Csilla S ^a   Ciofi, Philippe ^b   Borsay, Beáta Á ^c   Gergely, Péter ^c   Herczeg, László ^c   Bloom, Stephen R ^d   Ghatei, Mohammad A ^d   Dhillo, Waljit S ^d   Liposits, Zsolt ^a,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUT FRANÇOIS MAGENDIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^d HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e PÁZMÁNY PÉTER CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNORPHIN A; KISSPEPTIN; NEUROKININ B;

ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL DENSITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MEDIOBASAL HYPOTHALAMUS; NERVE FIBER; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; DYNORPHINS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; KISSPEPTINS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; NEUROKININ B; NEURONS;

EID: 84866761591     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2012-1545     Document Type: Article

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