Dependence of fertility on kisspeptin-Gpr54 signaling at the GnRH neuron

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Kirilov, Milen ^a   Clarkson, Jenny ^b   Liu, Xinhuai ^b   Roa, Juan ^b   Campos, Pauline ^b   Porteous, Rob ^b   Schütz, Günther ^a   Herbison, Allan E ^b  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 54; GONADORELIN; KISSPEPTIN;

ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FERTILITY; HORMONE; NEUROLOGY; PROTEIN; RODENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; MUTANT; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PUBERTY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENICS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE KNOCK-IN TECHNIQUES; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; INFERTILITY; KISSPEPTINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SEXUAL MATURATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84884608698     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3492     Document Type: Article

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