The hypothalamic ventral premammillary nucleus: A key site in leptin's regulation of reproduction

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 61, Issue , 2014, Pages 239-247

  Leshan, Rebecca L ^a   Pfaff, Donald W ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypothalamus; Leptin; Neuroendocrine; Premammillary; Reproduction; Sex

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; JANUS KINASE 2; LEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; SEX HORMONE; STAT3 PROTEIN; STAT5 PROTEIN; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING 3; LEPTIN RECEPTOR;

AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FOOD; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMIC VENTRAL PREMAMMILLARY NUCLEUS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAMMILLARY BODY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REVIEW; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; POSTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; BRAIN REGION; CONNECTOME; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS, POSTERIOR; LEPTIN; RECEPTORS, LEPTIN; REPRODUCTIVE PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 84916227830     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: 18736300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2014.08.008     Document Type: Review

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