Gonadal steroid neuromodulation of developing and mature hypothalamic neuronal networks

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 29, Issue , 2014, Pages 96-102

  Campbell, Rebecca E ^a   Herbison, Allan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; KISSPEPTIN; TESTOSTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

ADULTHOOD; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN REGION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMININITY; FERTILITY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENITAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE PROTEIN COMPLEX; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS FUNCTION; KISS1 GENE; MASCULINITY; METABOLIC REGULATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; STEROID ANALYSIS; STEROID RELEASE; STEROIDOGENESIS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MATURATION; GENE EXPRESSION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY;

EID: 84903713022     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2014.06.003     Document Type: Review

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