Sexual differentiation of the brain requires perinatal kisspeptin-GnRH neuron signaling

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 46, 2014, Pages 5297-15305

  Clarkson, Jenny ^a   Busby, Ellen R ^b   Kirilov, Milen ^c   Schütz, Günther ^c   Sherwood, Nancy M ^b   Herbison, Allan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

GnRH; GPR54; Kisspeptin; Sexual differentiation; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 54; GONADORELIN; KISSPEPTIN; PROTEIN C FOS; TESTOSTERONE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; VASOPRESSIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; KISS1R PROTEIN, MOUSE; VASOPRESSIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGE; ANDROGEN THERAPY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GONADECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; SEX; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREOPTIC AREA; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; PREOPTIC AREA; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RECEPTORS, LHRH; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTOSTERONE; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 84909957531     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3061-14.2014     Document Type: Article

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