Amygdala Kisspeptin Neurons: Putative Mediators of Olfactory Control of the Gonadotropic Axis

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 223-238

  Pineda, Rafael ^a   Plaisier, Fabrice ^a   Millar, Robert P ^a,b,c   Ludwig, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Gonadotropic axis; Kisspeptin; Olfactory bulb

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 54; GONADORELIN; KISSPEPTIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; COLORING AGENT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; KISS1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; KISS1 PROTEIN, RAT; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ACCESSORY OLFACTORY BULB; ADULT; AMYGDALA NEURON; ANIMAL CELL; ANTEROGRADE TRACING ASSAY; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BREGMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL AMYGDALA; GENE EXPRESSION; GONAD; GONADOTROPIC AXIS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MEDIAL AMYGDALA; MITRAL CELL; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRIA TERMINALIS; AMYGDALA; ANIMAL; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GONADOTROPIN SECRETING CELL; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS OF HYPOTHALAMUS; COLORING AGENTS; GONADOTROPHS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYPOTHALAMUS, ANTERIOR; KISSPEPTINS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; OLFACTORY BULB; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 84964020725     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000445895     Document Type: Article

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