Kisspeptins and the neuroendocrine control of reproduction: Recent progress and new frontiers in kisspeptin research

Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology - Tập 65 - Trang 100977 - 2022
Verónica Sobrino1,2,3, María Soledad Avendaño1,2,3, Cecilia Perdices-López4,1,2,3, Manuel Jimenez-Puyer1,2,3, Manuel Tena‐Sempere4,1,2,5,3
1Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, University of Cordoba, 14004 Cordoba, Spain
2Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia, 14004 Cordoba, Spain
3Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Cordoba (IMIBIC), 14004, Cordoba, Spain
4CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 14004, Cordoba, Spain
5Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, FIN-20520, Turku, Finland

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