A multi-oscillatory circadian system times female reproduction

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 6, Issue OCT, 2015, Pages

  Simonneaux, Valérie ^a   Bahougne, Thibault ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b HÔPITAL CIVIL   (France)

Author keywords

Circadian clock; Estradiol; Female reproduction; GnRH; Kisspeptin; LH; Shift work; Suprachiasmatic nuclei

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MELATONIN; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENE MUTATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; KISSPROTEIN NEURON; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OVARY CYCLE; OVULATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SHIFT WORKER; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SLEEP DISORDER; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 84947079319     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2015.00157     Document Type: Review

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