Roles of kisspeptins in the control of hypothalamic-gonadotropic function: Focus on sexual differentiation and puberty onset

Endocrine Development

Volumn 17, Issue , 2009, Pages 52-62

  Tena Sempere, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KISSPEPTIN; SEX HORMONE;

FERTILITY; HUMAN; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; HYPOTHALAMUS; MATURATION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUBERTY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GONADS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MICE; PUBERTY; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 84925873882     PISSN: 14217082     EISSN: 16622979     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000262528     Document Type: Review

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