Direct Actions of Kisspeptins on GnRH Neurons Permit Attainment of Fertility but are Insufficient to Fully Preserve Gonadotropic Axis Activity

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  León, Silvia ^a   Barroso, Alexia ^a   Vázquez, María J ^a   García Galiano, David ^a   Manfredi Lozano, María ^a   Ruiz Pino, Francisco ^a   Heras, Violeta ^a   Romero Ruiz, Antonio ^a   Roa, Juan ^a   Schutz, Günther ^a,b   Kirilov, Milen ^a,b   Gaytan, Francisco ^a   Pinilla, Leonor ^a   Tena Sempere, Manuel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; KISS1R PROTEIN, MOUSE; KISSPEPTIN;

ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; OVARY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL FEEDBACK; REPRODUCTION; TESTIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GONADOTROPINS; KISSPEPTINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; OVARY; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; REPRODUCTION; TESTIS;

EID: 84954557717     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep19206     Document Type: Article

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