Kisspeptin neurons from mice to men: Similarities and differences

Endocrinology

Volumn 153, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 5105-5118

  Goodman, Robert L ^a   Lehman, Michael N ^b,c  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; DYNORPHIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; KISSPEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN FOS; STEROID;

ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BRAIN REGION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NERVE CELL; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FERTILITY; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; KISSPEPTINS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MICE; NEURONS; RATS; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84867810739     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2012-1550     Document Type: Short Survey

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