Oestrogen-induced activation of preoptic kisspeptin neurones may be involved in the luteinising hormone surge in male and female Japanese monkeys

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 909-917

  Watanabe, Y ^a   Uenoyama, Y ^a   Suzuki, J ^b   Takase, K ^a   Suetomi, Y ^a   Ohkura, S ^a   Inoue, N ^a   Maeda, K I ^c   Tsukamura, H ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

GPR54; Metastin; Nonhuman primates; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL 3-BENZOATE; ESTRADIOL-17 BETA-BENZOATE; KISSPEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; MACACA; MALE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PREOPTIC AREA;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS OF HYPOTHALAMUS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; KISSPEPTINS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MACACA; MALE; NEURONS; PREOPTIC AREA;

EID: 84910658608     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jne.12227     Document Type: Article

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