Evidence that insulin signalling in gonadotrophin-releasing hormone and kisspeptin neurones does not play an essential role in metabolic regulation of fertility in mice

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 468-479

  Evans, M C ^a   Rizwan, M ^a   Mayer, C ^b   Boehm, U ^b   Anderson, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fertility; GnRH; Insulin; Kisspeptin; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

DNA; GONADORELIN; INSULIN; INSULIN RECEPTOR; KISSPEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; PROTEIN KINASE B; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ONCOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; GONADORELIN RELEASE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN TREATMENT; MALE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; METABOLIC REGULATION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UTERUS WEIGHT; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; INSULIN; KISSPEPTINS; MALE; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; ONCOGENE PROTEIN V-AKT; RECEPTOR, INSULIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84902957730     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jne.12166     Document Type: Article

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