Localization of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH), Gonadotropin-Inhibitory Hormone (GnIH), Kisspeptin and GnRH Receptor and Their Possible Roles in Testicular Activities From Birth to Senescence in Mice

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 317, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 630-644

  Anjum, Shabana ^a   Krishna, Amitabh ^a   Sridaran, Rajagopala ^b   Tsutsui, Kazuyoshi ^c  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; GONADOTROPIN INHIBITOR; KISSPEPTIN;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; TESTIS;

AGING; ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLYCOPROTEINS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; KISSPEPTINS; MALE; MICE; RECEPTORS, LHRH; TESTIS;

MUS;

EID: 84869216038     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: 19325231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.1765     Document Type: Article

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