Central and direct regulation of testicular activity by gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone and its receptor

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 5, Issue JAN, 2014, Pages

  Ubuka, Takayoshi ^a   Son, You Lee ^a   Tobari, Yasuko ^a   Narihiro, Misato ^a   Bentley, George E ^b   Kriegsfeld, Lance J ^b   Tsutsui, Kazuyoshi ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonadotropin inhibitory hormone; Gonadotropins; GPR147; Melatonin; Social environment; Spermatogenesis; Stress; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CYCLIC AMP; FOLLITROPIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 147; GONADOTROPIN INHIBITORY HORMONE; GONADOTROPIN INHIBITORY HORMONE RECEPTOR; GONADOTROPIN RECEPTOR; HYPOTHALAMUS RELEASE INHIBITING FACTOR; KISSPEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MELATONIN; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE FF; RFAMIDE RELATED PEPTIDE 1; RFAMIDE RELATED PEPTIDE 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; GONADOTROPIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIRD; DORSOMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; STRESS; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE; CELL SIGNALING ASSAY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PARAVENTRICULAR THALAMIC NUCLEUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TESTIS;

EID: 84898464730     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2014.00008     Document Type: Review

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