A role for neurokinin B in pulsatile GnRH secretion in the ewe

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 18-32

  Goodman, Robert L ^a   Coolen, Lique M ^b   Lehman, Michael N ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

GnRH pulse generator; Kisspeptin; Luteinizing hormone; Neurokinin B

Indexed keywords

DYNORPHIN; GONADORELIN; KISSPEPTIN; NEUROKININ B; TACHYKININ RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NEUROKININ 3 RECEPTOR; TACHYKININ;

ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; DIENCEPHALON; EWE; GOAT; GONADORELIN RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; MEDIOBASAL HYPOTHALAMUS; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; PULSE GENERATOR; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRIA TERMINALIS; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION (PROCESS); SHEEP; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BRAIN REGION; CELL BODY; GENE MUTATION; INFERTILITY; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS OF HYPOTHALAMUS; DYNORPHINS; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; KISSPEPTINS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; NEUROKININ B; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, NEUROKININ-3; SHEEP; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84904725144     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000355285     Document Type: Article

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