Progress and challenges in the search for the mechanisms of pulsatile gonadotropin-releasing hormone secretion

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 8, Issue JUL, 2017, Pages

  Constantin, Stephanie ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium imaging; Electrophysiology; Gonadotropin releasing hormone pulsatility; Gonadotropin releasing hormone release; Kisspeptin; Preovulatory surge

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; GONADORELIN; KISSPEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NEUROKININ B; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; TESTOSTERONE;

ARCUATE NUCLEUS; GAMETOGENESIS; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PUBERTY; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 85026680588     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2017.00180     Document Type: Short Survey

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