Circadian control of the female reproductive axis through gated responsiveness of the RFRP-3 system to VIP signaling

Endocrinology

Volumn 156, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2608-2618

  Russo, Kimberly A ^a   La, Janet L ^a   Stephens, Shannon B Z ^b   Poling, Matthew C ^b   Padgaonkar, Namita A ^a   Jennings, Kimberly J ^a   Piekarski, David J ^a   Kauffman, Alexander S ^b   Kriegsfeld, Lance J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; GONADORELIN; HORMONE; KISSPEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PER1 PROTEIN; RFAMIDE RELATED PEPTIDE 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE RECEPTOR; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE RECEPTOR 1; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE RECEPTOR 2; VASOPRESSIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; RFAMIDE PEPTIDE; VASOPRESSIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL BODY; CELL COUNT; CELL POPULATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; SYRIAN HAMSTER; ANIMAL; ESTRUS CYCLE; HAMSTER; MESOCRICETUS; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRICETINAE; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESOCRICETUS; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; OVULATION; RECEPTORS, VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE, TYPE II; RECEPTORS, VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE, TYPE I; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 84937622334     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2014-1762     Document Type: Article

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