Impact of changes in postnatal nutrition on puberty onset and the expression of hypothalamic GnRH and ghrelin

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 703-709

  Cui, L L ^a   Li, P ^a   Zhu, Z Y ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ghrelin; GnRH; Nutrition; Puberty onset

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALNUTRITION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OVERNUTRITION; POSTNATAL CARE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PUBERTY; RAT; WEIGHT GAIN; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GHRELIN; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GONADOTROPINS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 84896949410     PISSN: 11283602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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