Neuronal circuits in the hypothalamus controlling gonadotrophin-releasing hormone release: The neuroanatomical projections of kisspeptin neurons

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1544-1549

  Yeo, Shel Hwa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; KISSPEPTIN; LEUKOAGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; KISSPEPTINS; MICE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT-TRACING TECHNIQUES; NEURONS; THIRD VENTRICLE;

EID: 84885956154     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: 1469445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2013.071944     Document Type: Article

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