Keeping puberty on time. Novel signals and mechanisms involved.

Current Topics in Developmental Biology

Volumn 105, Issue , 2013, Pages 299-329

  Tena Sempere, Manuel ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brain sex differentiation; Energy homeostasis; Epigenetics; Kisspeptins; Leptin; MiRNAs; MTOR; Neurokinin B (NKB); Puberty

Indexed keywords

KISS1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; KISSPEPTIN; LEPTIN; MICRORNA; NEUROKININ B;

AGE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; BRAIN SEX DIFFERENTIATION; ENERGY HOMEOSTASIS; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; METABOLISM; MTOR; NERVE CELL; NEUROKININ B (NKB); PHYSIOLOGY; PUBERTY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BRAIN SEX DIFFERENTIATION; ENERGY HOMEOSTASIS; EPIGENETICS; KISSPEPTINS; LEPTIN; MIRNAS; MTOR; NEUROKININ B (NKB); PUBERTY;

AGE FACTORS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; KISSPEPTINS; LEPTIN; MICRORNAS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUROKININ B; NEURONS; PUBERTY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84882254998     PISSN: 00702153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-396968-2.00011-7     Document Type: Chapter

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