Neuroendocrine pathways mediating nutritional acceleration of puberty: Insights from ruminant models

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 2, Issue DEC, 2011, Pages

  Amstalden, Marcel ^a   Alves, Bruna R C ^a   Liu, Songrui ^a   Cardoso, Rodolfo C ^a,b   Williams, Gary L ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gnrh; Kisspeptin; Leptin; Npy; Pomc

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874368184     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2011.00109     Document Type: Short Survey

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