Gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurones innervate kisspeptin neurones in the female mouse brain

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 281-289

  Kalló, Imre ^a,b   Vida, Barbara ^a   Bardóczi, Zsuzsanna ^a   Szilvásy Szabó, Anett ^a   Rabi, Fruzsina ^a   Molnár, Tamás ^a,b   Farkas, Imre ^a   Caraty, Alain ^d   Mikkelsen, Jens ^e   Coen, Clive W ^c   Hrabovszky, Erik ^a   Liposits, Zsolt ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b PÁZMÁNY PÉTER CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

^e NEUROSEARCH A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anteroventral periventricular nucleus; Arcuate nucleus; Asymmetric synapses; Oestrogen; Reciprocal innervation; Rostral periventricular area of the third ventricle

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; KISSPEPTIN; ESTROGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DENDRITE; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INNERVATION; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; INBRED MOUSE STRAIN; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVE TRACT; OVARIECTOMY; SYNAPSE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE ENDING; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VARICOSIS;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS OF HYPOTHALAMUS; BRAIN; DENDRITES; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KISSPEPTINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; OVARIECTOMY; SYNAPSES; THIRD VENTRICLE;

EID: 84896459090     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000355623     Document Type: Article

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