Beyond the GnRH axis: Kisspeptin regulation of the oxytocin system in pregnancy and lactation

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 784, Issue , 2013, Pages 201-218

  Scott, Victoria ^a   Brown, Colin H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLECYSTOKININ; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 54; KISSPEPTIN; KISSPEPTIN 10; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; DENDRITE; EXOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; LACTATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; OXYTOCIN RELEASE; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 84880670124     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-6199-9_10     Document Type: Article

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