Conditional viral tract tracing delineates the projections of the distinct kisspeptin neuron populations to Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) neurons in the mouse

Endocrinology (United States)

Volumn 156, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2582-2594

  Yip, Siew Hoong ^a   Boehm, Ulrich ^a   Herbison, Allan E ^a   Campbell, Rebecca E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GONADORELIN; KISSPEPTIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CELL POPULATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; FEMALE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE ENDING; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT TRACING; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROSTRAL PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; VIRAL MEDIATED TRACT TRACING METHOD; ANIMAL; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; CYTOLOGY; HYPOTHALAMUS; METABOLISM; POSTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS OF HYPOTHALAMUS; DENDRITES; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS, ANTERIOR; HYPOTHALAMUS, POSTERIOR; KISSPEPTINS; MALE; MICE; NEURONS;

EID: 84937597127     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2015-1131     Document Type: Article

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