Stress regulation of kisspeptin in the modulation of reproductive function

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 784, Issue , 2013, Pages 431-454

  Grachev, Pasha ^a   Li, Xiao Feng ^a   O'Byrne, Kevin ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR ANTAGONIST; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; CORTISONE; DYNORPHIN A; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 54; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; GONADORELIN; INSULIN; KISSPEPTIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROKININ B; RF AMIDE RELATED PEPTIDE TYPE 3 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID RELEASE; ESTRUS CYCLE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADORELIN RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTHALAMIC AMENORRHEA; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; INFLAMMATION; KISS1 GENE; KISS1R GENE; LOCUS CERULEUS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLIC STRESS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANUM VASCULOSUM OF THE LAMINA TERMINALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PUBERTY; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STRESS; STRESS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 84934439209     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-6199-9_20     Document Type: Article

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