Kisspeptin and the hypothalamic control of reproduction: Lessons from the human

Endocrinology

Volumn 153, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 5130-5136

  George, Jyothis T ^a   Seminara, Stephanie B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 54; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; KISSPEPTIN; SEX HORMONE;

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SILENCING; GONADORELIN RELEASE; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; HYPOTHALAMUS; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPRODUCTION; SHORT SURVEY;

GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; KISSPEPTINS; NEURONS; PUBERTY; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84867798461     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2012-1429     Document Type: Short Survey

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