Dissecting the roles of gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone in mammals: Studies using pharmacological tools and genetically modified mouse models

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 6, Issue JAN, 2016, Pages

  Leon, Silvia ^a,b,c   Tena Sempere, Manuel ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

GnIH; GnRH; Gonadotropins; Kisspeptin; NPFF receptors; RF9; RFRP

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CORTICOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; FORSKOLIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 54; GLYCINE; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; GONADOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; KISSPEPTIN 10; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROKININ B; NEUROPEPTIDE FF RECEPTOR 1; NEUROPEPTIDE FF RECEPTOR 2; OXYTOCIN; PROLACTIN; PROTEIN FOS; RF AMIDE RELATED PEPTIDE; RF AMIDE RELATED PEPTIDE 1; RF AMIDE RELATED PEPTIDE 3; RF AMIDE RELATED PEPTIDE 9; TESTOSTERONE; THYROID HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARCUATE NUCLEUS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DORSOMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENETICALLY ENGINEERED MOUSE STRAIN; GONADECTOMY; HAMSTER; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; RAT; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SHEEP; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

EID: 84962530517     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2015.00189     Document Type: Review

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