Kisspeptin, neurokinin B, and dynorphin act in the arcuate nucleus to control activity of the GnRH pulse generator in ewes

Endocrinology

Volumn 154, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 4259-4269

  Goodman, Robert L ^a   Hileman, Stanley M ^a   Nestor, Casey C ^a   Porter, Katrina L ^a   Connors, John M ^a   Hardy, Steve L ^a   Millar, Robert P ^b,c,d   Cernea, Maria ^e   Coolen, Lique M ^e   Lehman, Michael N ^e  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNORPHIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; KAPPA OPIATE RECEPTOR; KISSPEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; N (ALPHA ETHYLBENZYL) 3 METHYL 2 PHENYL 4 QUINOLINECARBOXAMIDE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROKININ 3 RECEPTOR; NEUROKININ B; NOCICEPTIN; NOCICEPTIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EWE; FEMALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE GENERATOR;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; DYNORPHINS; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; KISSPEPTINS; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEUROKININ B; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, NEUROKININ-3; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, KAPPA; SHEEP;

EID: 84886551190     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2013-1331     Document Type: Article

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