Afferent neuronal control of type-I gonadotropin releasing hormone neurons in the human

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 4, Issue SEP, 2013, Pages

  Hrabovszky, Erik ^a   Liposits, Zsolt ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b PÁZMÁNY PÉTER CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Afferent; GnRH neurons; Humans; Hypothalamus; Infundibular nucleus; Kisspeptin; LHRH; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885969095     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2013.00130     Document Type: Review

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