Kisspeptins and RFRP-3 act in concert to synchronize rodent reproduction with seasons

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue 7 FEB, 2013, Pages

  Simonneaux, Valérie ^a   Ancel, Caroline ^a   Poirel, Vincent Joseph ^a   Gauer, François ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Kisspeptin; Melatonin; RFRP 3; Seasonal reproduction; Syrian hamster

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; KISSPEPTIN; MELATONIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; RFAMIDE RELATED PEPTIDE 3; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; HAMSTER; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 84878858323     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2013.00022     Document Type: Review

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