Leptin signaling in AgRP neurons modulates puberty onset and adult fertility in mice

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 37, Issue 14, 2017, Pages 3875-3886

  Egan, Olivia K ^a   Inglis, Megan A ^a   Anderson, Greg M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

AgRP; Fertility; GnRH; Leptin; Puberty; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; GONADORELIN; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; LEPTIN RECEPTOR, MOUSE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED PUBERTY; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOOD INTAKE; GENE DELETION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; POLYADENYLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; DEFICIENCY; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL MATURATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AGOUTI-RELATED PROTEIN; ANIMALS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LEPTIN; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, LEPTIN; SEXUAL MATURATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 85019158248     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3138-16.2017     Document Type: Article

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