A Neural Circuit Underlying the Generation of Hot Flushes

Cell Reports

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 271-277

  Padilla, Stephanie L ^a   Johnson, Christopher W ^a   Barker, Forrest D ^a   Patterson, Michael A ^a   Palmiter, Richard D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

chemogenetics; estrogen; hot flashes; kisspeptin; menopause; neurokinin B; optogenetics; temperature regulation

Indexed keywords

KISSPEPTIN; NEUROKININ 3 RECEPTOR; NEUROKININ B; SEX HORMONE; ESTROGEN; NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; PROTEIN C FOS; TACHYKININ RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HOT FLUSH; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THERMOREGULATION; VASODILATATION; ANIMAL; AXON; DRUG EFFECT; HEAT; METABOLISM; NERVE TRACT; OPTOGENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREOPTIC AREA;

ANIMALS; AXONS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; KISSPEPTINS; MALE; MICE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROKININ-1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; OPTOGENETICS; PREOPTIC AREA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RECEPTORS, TACHYKININ; VASODILATION;

EID: 85049325671     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22111247     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.06.037     Document Type: Article

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