Neuroendocrine control of the onset of puberty

Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2015, Pages 73-88

  Plant, Tony M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

GnRH pulse generation; GnRH surge generation; Human; Kisspeptin; Puberty; Rat; Rhesus monkey; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; JUVENILE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; OVULATION; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REVIEW; SEASON; SERTOLI CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPERMATOGENESIS; STRESS; ANIMAL; HYPOPHYSIS; METABOLISM; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NEUROSECRETION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PITUITARY GLAND; PUBERTY;

EID: 84931560558     PISSN: 00913022     EISSN: 10956808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2015.04.002     Document Type: Review

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