Regulation of arcuate neurons coexpressing kisspeptin, neurokinin b, and dynorphin by modulators of neurokinin 3 and k-opioid receptors in adult male mice

Endocrinology

Volumn 154, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2761-2771

  Ruka, Kristen A ^a   Burger, Laura L ^a   Moenter, Suzanne M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b 7725 Medical Science II ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNORPHIN; GONADORELIN; KAPPA OPIATE RECEPTOR; KISSPEPTIN; NEUROKININ B; SENKTIDE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CASTRATED MALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BENZENEACETAMIDES; DYNORPHINS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; KISSPEPTINS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEUROKININ B; NEURONS; ORCHIECTOMY; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PYRROLIDINES; RECEPTORS, NEUROKININ-3; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, KAPPA; SUBSTANCE P; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84880696310     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2013-1268     Document Type: Article

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