Role for kisspeptin/neurokinin B/dynorphin (KNDy) neurons in cutaneous vasodilatation and the estrogen modulation of body temperature

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 48, 2012, Pages 19846-19851

  Mittelman Smith, Melinda A ^a   Williams, Hemalini ^a   Krajewski Hall, Sally J ^a   McMullen, Nathaniel T ^a   Rance, Naomi E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Reproduction; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

DYNORPHIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; KISSPEPTIN; NEUROKININ; NEUROKININ 3 RECEPTOR; SAPORIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEAT LOSS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HOT FLUSH; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; THERMOREGULATION; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; FEMALE; KISSPEPTINS; NEUROKININ B; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SKIN; TAIL; VASODILATION;

RATTUS;

EID: 84870387339     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1211517109     Document Type: Article

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