Connecting metabolism and reproduction: Roles of central energy sensors and key molecular mediators

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 397, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 4-14

  Roa, Juan ^a,b,c   Tena Sempere, Manuel ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Energy balance; GnRH; Kisspeptins; Leptin; Puberty; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE KINASE; KISSPEPTIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; STAT3 PROTEIN; TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; FERTILITY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION;

AMP-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; ANIMALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FERTILITY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; KISSPEPTINS; NEUROPEPTIDES; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION; STAT3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TOR SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84914133446     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: 18728057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2014.09.027     Document Type: Review

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