The kisspeptin-GnRH pathway in human reproductive health and disease

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 485-500

  Skorupskaite, Karolina ^a   George, Jyothis T ^b   Anderson, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GnRH; Kisspeptin; Kisspeptin neurokinin B dynorphin; LH pulsatility

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; KISSPEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NEUROKININ B; SEX HORMONE;

CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DESENSITIZATION; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; HYPOTHALAMIC AMENORRHEA; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MEDLINE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PUBERTY; PULSE RATE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

GNRH; KISSPEPTIN; KISSPEPTIN-NEUROKININ B-DYNORPHIN; LH PULSATILITY;

AMENORRHEA; ANIMALS; DYNORPHINS; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; INFERTILITY; KISSPEPTINS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; NEUROKININ B; NEURONS; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84904686661     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: 14602369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmu009     Document Type: Review

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