Morphological evidence for enhanced kisspeptin and neurokinin B signaling in the infundibular nucleus of the aging man

Endocrinology

Volumn 153, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 5428-5439

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

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b PÁZMÁNY PÉTER CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c INSTITUT FRANÇOIS MAGENDIE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^e HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; GONADORELIN; KISSPEPTIN; NEUROKININ B; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; AXONS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; KISSPEPTINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROKININ B; NEURONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84867760925     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2012-1739     Document Type: Article

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