Contribution of GnIH research to the progress of reproductive neuroendocrinology

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 6, Issue NOV, 2015, Pages

  Tsutsui, Kazuyoshi ^a   Ubuka, Takayoshi ^a,b   Son, You Lee ^a   Bentley, George E ^c   Kriegsfeld, Lance J ^c  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonadotropin inhibitory hormone; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Gonadotropins; Melatonin; Reproduction; Reproductive behavior; Social environment; Stress

Indexed keywords

AGENTS ACTING ON THE GENITAL SYSTEM; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; GONADOTROPIN INHIBITORY HORMONE; GONADOTROPIN INHIBITORY HORMONE RECEPTOR; HORMONE RECEPTOR; MELATONIN; NORADRENALIN; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REVIEW; STRESS;

EID: 84949807651     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2015.00179     Document Type: Review

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