Melatonin and hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis

Current Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 2017-2031

  Shi, L ^a   Li, N ^a   Bo, L ^a   Xu, Z ^a,b  

^a BEIJING SPORT UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian cycle; Hypothalamic pituitary gonadal (HPG); Melatonin; N acetyl 5 methoxy tryptamine; Pineal gland

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; MELATONIN; MELATONIN 1 RECEPTOR; MELATONIN 2 RECEPTOR; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (PHOSPHATE) DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE);

APOPTOSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG MECHANISM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GONAD; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OVARY FUNCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; GONADS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MELATONIN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PITUITARY GLAND; RECEPTORS, MELATONIN; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84877931749     PISSN: 09298673     EISSN: 1875533X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/09298673113209990114     Document Type: Review

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