In utero development of kisspeptin/GnRH neural circuitry in male mice

Endocrinology (United States)

Volumn 156, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 3084-3090

  Kumar, Devesh ^a   Periasamy, Vinod ^a   Freese, Maria ^b   Voigt, Anja ^b   Boehm, Ulrich ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 54; GONADORELIN; KISSPEPTIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; KISS1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; KISS1R PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEREOTYPY; 129 MOUSE; ANIMAL; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; C57BL MOUSE; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS OF HYPOTHALAMUS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; KISSPEPTINS; MALE; MICE, 129 STRAIN; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED;

EID: 84942763320     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/EN.2015-1412     Document Type: Article

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