Definition of the hypothalamic GnRH pulse generator in mice

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 114, Issue 47, 2017, Pages E10216-E10223

  Clarkson, Jenny ^a,b   Han, Su Young ^a,b   Piet, Richard ^a,b   McLennan, Timothy ^a,b   Kane, Grace M ^a,b   Ng, Jamie ^a,b   Porteous, Robert W ^a,b   Kim, Joon S ^a,b   Colledge, William H ^c   Iremonger, Karl J ^a,b   Herbison, Allan E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arcuate nucleus; Fertility; GnRH; Kisspeptin; Pulse

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; HALORHODOPSIN; KISSPEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; KISS1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; OPTOGENETICS; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PERIODICITY; PROCEDURES; SECRETION (PROCESS); TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VOLTAGE SENSITIVE DYE IMAGING;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS OF HYPOTHALAMUS; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; KISSPEPTINS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE NET; NEURONS; OPTOGENETICS; PERIODICITY; PHOTOMETRY; VOLTAGE-SENSITIVE DYE IMAGING;

EID: 85034589398     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1713897114     Document Type: Article

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