Intracerebroventricular injection of RFRP-3 delays puberty onset and stimulates growth hormone secretion in female rats

• Principais autores: Xinghui Han (Autor), Yuanyuan He (Autor), Gulan Zeng (Autor), Yonghong Wang (Autor), Wen Sun (Autor), Junchao Liu (Autor), Yanyan Sun (Autor), Jian Yu (Autor)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: BMC, 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Puberty onset is a complex, organized biological process with multilevel regulation, and its physiopathological mechanisms are yet to be elucidated. RFRP-3, the mammalian ortholog to gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone, is implicated in inhibiting the synthesis and release of gonadot...