Development of gonadotropin-releasing hormone secretion and pituitary response

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 45, 2014, Pages 15060-15069

  Glanowska, Katarzyna M ^a   Burger, Laura L ^b   Moenter, Suzanne M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclic voltammetry; Gonadotropin inhibitory hormone; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Puberty; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; KISSPEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; TESTOSTERONE; HYPOTHALAMUS RELEASE INHIBITING FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; DOSE RESPONSE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE INHIBITION; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PUBERTY; SEXUAL MATURATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; DRUG EFFECTS; EMBRYOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; SECRETION (PROCESS);

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; KISSPEPTINS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MICE; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY HORMONE RELEASE INHIBITING HORMONES; RNA, MESSENGER; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84908529607     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2200-14.2014     Document Type: Article

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