Developmental profile and sexually dimorphic expression of Kiss1 and Kiss1r in the fetal mouse brain

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Knoll, John Gabriel ^a   Clay, Colin M ^b   Bouma, Gerrit J ^b   Henion, Timothy R ^c   Schwarting, Gerald A ^c   Millar, Robert P ^d,e,f   Tobet, Stuart A ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Arcuate nucleus; KISS1R; Kisspeptin; RP3V

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ESTRADIOL; KISS1 RECEPTOR; KISSPEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENOTYPE; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOUSE; MRNA EXPRESSION ASSAY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 84994237462     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2013.00140     Document Type: Article

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