Estradiol Upregulates Kisspeptin Expression in the Preoptic Area of both the Male and Female Rhesus Monkey (Macaca mulatta): Implications for the Hypothalamic Control of Ovulation in Highly Evolved Primates

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 77-89

  Vargas Trujillo, Marcela ^a,b,c   Kalil, Bruna ^d   Ramaswamy, Suresh ^a   Plant, Tony M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Kisspeptin; Luteinizing hormone surge; Preoptic area; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; KISSPEPTIN; ANTIBODY; ESTROGEN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; VASOPRESSIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; CASTRATED MALE; CELL COUNTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYPOTHALAMIC TISSUE; HYPOTHALAMUS FUNCTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHESUS MONKEY; UPREGULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CASTRATION; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; CASTRATION; CELL COUNT; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; KISSPEPTINS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; NEURONS; OVULATION; PREOPTIC AREA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; UP-REGULATION; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 84980396090     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000448520     Document Type: Article

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