Thyroid hormone and seasonal rhythmicity

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 5, Issue FEB, 2014, Pages

  Dardente, Hugues ^a,b,c,d   Hazlerigg, David G ^e   Ebling, Francis J P ^f  

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

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^d Institut Franc ais du Cheval et de l'Equitation   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GnRH neurons; Kisspeptins; Melatonin rhythm; Pars tuberalis; Reproduction; RF amide; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOCHROME 1; DEIODINASE; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; ENZYME; EYA3 PROTEIN; HISTAMINE; KISSPEPTIN; LIOTHYRONINE; MELANOPSIN; MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; NEUROMEDIN U; NEUROPSIN; OPSIN; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR; RETINOID X RECEPTOR; RFRP3 PROTEIN; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NPAS4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VGF PROTEIN;

BINDING AFFINITY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOPHYSIS PARS TUBERALIS; MEDIOBASAL HYPOTHALAMUS; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84901007162     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2014.00019     Document Type: Review

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