A population of kisspeptin/neurokinin B neurons in the arcuate nucleus may be the central target of the male effect phenomenon in goats

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Sakamoto, Kohei ^a,b   Wakabayashi, Yoshihiro ^b   Yamamura, Takashi ^b   Tanaka, Tomomi ^c   Takeuchi, Yukari ^a   Mori, Yuji ^a   Okamura, Hiroaki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; KISSPEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; N (ALPHA ETHYLBENZYL) 3 METHYL 2 PHENYL 4 QUINOLINECARBOXAMIDE; NEUROKININ 3 RECEPTOR; NEUROKININ B; PHEROMONE; QUINOLINE DERIVATIVE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTRODE IMPLANT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GOAT; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; OVARIECTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS OF HYPOTHALAMUS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GOATS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; KISSPEPTINS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; NEUROKININ B; NEURONS; OVARIECTOMY; PHEROMONES; QUINOLINES; RECEPTORS, NEUROKININ-3; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84894037522     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081017     Document Type: Article

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