Neuroendocrine control of puberty in vertebrates : characteriization of the kisspeptin system in flatfish
The recently discovered decapeptide kisspeptin and its G-protein coupled receptor form a signaling system expressed ubiquitously and are implicated in a variety of still poorly characterized functions. In the brain, kisspeptin is secreted by specific neurons and its receptor is localized in GnRH neu...
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| Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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Universitat Pompeu Fabra
2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10803/38523 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn: 978-84-695-0048-4 |