Kisspeptin is a component of the pulse generator for GnRH secretion in female sheep but not the pulse generator

Endocrinology (United States)

Volumn 156, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1828-1837

  Ezzat, Ahmed ^a,b   Pereira, Alda ^a   Clarke, Iain J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b South Valley University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; GONADORELIN; KETAMINE; KISSPEPTIN 10; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; THIOPENTAL; KISSPEPTIN; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; ESTRUS CYCLE; EUTHANASIA; EWE; FEMALE; GONADORELIN RELEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE GENERATOR; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; OVARIECTOMY; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION (PROCESS); SHEEP;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS OF HYPOTHALAMUS; FEMALE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; KISSPEPTINS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NEUROENDOCRINE CELLS; NEURONS; OVARIECTOMY; PERIODICITY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; SHEEP;

EID: 84929008655     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2014-1756     Document Type: Article

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