Does salt have a permissive role in the induction of puberty?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 463-467

  Pitynski, Dori ^a   Flynn, Francis W ^a   Skinner, Donal C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; KISSPEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NEUROKININ B; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VASOPRESSIN; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR; DYNORPHIN; KISS1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SALT INTAKE;

ANTEROVENTRAL PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; DIETARY INTAKE; HIGH SODIUM INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PUBERTY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE AXIS; AGE; ANIMAL; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BODY MASS; CHILD; DIET; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SALT INTAKE; SEXUAL MATURATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS OF HYPOTHALAMUS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; DIET; DYNORPHINS; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; KISSPEPTINS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MICE; NEUROKININ B; NEURONS; OBESITY; PUBERTY; RATS; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY;

EID: 84942501821     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: 15322777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2015.06.029     Document Type: Article

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