Anatomy of the kisspeptin systems in teleosts

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 169-174

  Ogawa, Satoshi ^a   Parhar, Ishwar S ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Fish; GnRH; Kiss1; Kiss2; KNDy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; AROMATASE; DYNORPHIN; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 54; GONADORELIN; KISSPEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROKININ; NEUROKININ B; TACHYKININ;

BRAIN REGION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KISSPEPTIN GENE; KISSPEPTIN RECEPTOR 1 GENE; KISSPEPTIN RECEPTOR 2 GENE; KISSPEPTIN RECEPTOR GENE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; TELEOST; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84873057392     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.08.023     Document Type: Review

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