KNDy neuron as a gatekeeper of puberty onset

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1518-1526

  Uenoyama, Yoshihisa ^a   Tsukamura, Hiroko ^a   Maeda, Kei Ichiro ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

dynorphin; gonadotrophin releasing hormone; kisspeptin; neurokinin B; pulse generator

Indexed keywords

DYNORPHIN A; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; KISSPEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NEUROKININ B; DYNORPHIN;

HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MAMMAL; NERVE CELL; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUBERTY; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; PULSE GENERATOR; REVIEW; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION (PROCESS); SEXUAL MATURATION;

DYNORPHINS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; KISSPEPTINS; NEUROKININ B; NEURONS; PUBERTY; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 84901838404     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jog.12398     Document Type: Review

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