The ventral premammillary nucleus links metabolic cues and reproduction

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 2, Issue OCT, 2011, Pages

  Donato Jr , Jose ^a   Elias, Carol Fuzeti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adiposity; GnRH; Hypothalamus; Leptin; Luteinizing hormone; Puberty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873049395     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2011.00057     Document Type: Review

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