Leptin and reproduction: Past milestones, present undertakings, and future endeavors

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2014, Pages T37-T48

  Chehab, Farid F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Hypothalamus; Leptin; Neurotransmitters; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIGENIC FACTOR; DYNORPHIN; GONADORELIN; KISSPEPTIN; LEPTIN; NEUROKININ B; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; OREXIGENIC FACTOR; RELEASING FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BRAIN REGION; ENERGY BALANCE; FOOD INTAKE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MATERNAL NUTRITION; METABOLIC REGULATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEXUAL MATURATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; KISSPEPTINS; LEPTIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONS; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 84907874106     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: 14796805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/JOE-14-0413     Document Type: Review

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