Both estrogen and androgen modify the response to activation of neurokinin-3 and κ-opioid receptors in arcuate kisspeptin neurons from male mice

Endocrinology

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 752-763

  Ruka, Kristen A ^a   Burger, Laura L ^a   Moenter, Suzanne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DYNORPHIN; ESTROGEN; KAPPA OPIATE RECEPTOR; KISSPEPTIN; NEUROKININ 3 RECEPTOR; SENKTIDE; ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GONADORELIN; NEUROKININ B; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; STEROID RECEPTOR; SUBSTANCE P;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL VESICLE; AGONISTS; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; ORCHIECTOMY; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; SECRETION (PROCESS);

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS OF HYPOTHALAMUS; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; DYNORPHINS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROGENS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; KISSPEPTINS; MALE; MICE; NEUROKININ B; NEURONS; ORCHIECTOMY; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RECEPTORS, NEUROKININ-3; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, KAPPA; RECEPTORS, STEROID; SUBSTANCE P;

EID: 84956938695     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2015-1688     Document Type: Article

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