Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone: Molecules and Receptors

Content: 
List of contributors
Pages v-viii

Preface
Page ix
Ishwar S. Parhar

Cell migration and evolutionary significance of GnRH subtypes Original Research Article
Pages 3-17
Ishwar S. Parhar

GnRH in the invertebrates: an overview Original Research Article
Pages 19-29
Rakesh K. Rastogi, Maria M. Di Fiore, Antimo D'Aniello, Luisa Iela, Maria Fiorentino

Structural and chemical guidance cues for the migration of GnRH neurons in the chick embryo Original Research Article
Pages 31-44
S. Murakami, T. Seki, Y. Arai

What defines the nervus terminalis? Neurochemical, developmental, and anatomical criteria Original Research Article
Pages 45-58
Celeste R. Wirsig-Wiechmann, Allan F. Wiechmann, Heather L. Eisthen

Angiogenesis in association with the migration of gonadotropic hormone-releasing hormone (GnRH) systems in embryonic mice, early human embryos and in a fetus with Kallmann's syndrome Original Research Article
Pages 59-77
Marlene Schwanzel-Fukuda, Donald W. Pfaff

Recent advances in the pathogenesis of Kallmann's syndrome Original Research Article
Pages 79-83
Pierre-Marc Bouloux, Youli Hu, Gavin MacColl

Differences in structure—function relations between nonmammalian and mammalian GnRH receptors: what we have learnt from the African catfish GnRH receptor Original Research Article
Pages 87-93
Marion Blomenrohr, Jan Bogerd, Rob Leurs, Henk Goos

Regulation of GnRH and its receptor in a teleost, red seabream Original Research Article
Pages 95-110
Koichi Okuzawa, Naoki Kumakura, Akiko Mori, Koichiro Gen, Sonoko Yamaguchi, Hirohiko Kagawa

Multiplicity of gonadotropin-releasing hormone signaling: a comparative perspective Original Research Article
Pages 111-128
Christian Klausen, John P. Chang, Hamid R. Habibi

Gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor: cloning, expression and transcriptional regulation Original Research Article
Pages 129-147
Sham S. Kakar, M. Tariq Malik, Stephen J. Winters

Hypothalamic control of gonadotropin secretion Original Research Article
Pages 151-164
S.M. McCann, S. Karanth, C.A. Mastronardi, W.L. Dees, G. Childs, B. Miller, S. Sower, W.H. Yu

Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) surge generator in female rats Original Research Article
Pages 165-173
Toshiya Funabashi, Dai Mitsushima, Takahiro J. Nakamura, Tsuguo Uemura, Fumiki Hirahara, Kazuyuki Shinohara, Kumiko Suyama, Fukuko Kimura

Mechanisms of inhibition of LHRH release by alcohol and cannabinoids Original Research Article
Pages 175-181
Valeria Rettori, Alejandro Lomniczi, Claudia Mohn, Camila Scorticati, Paula Vissio, Mercedes Lasaga, Ana Franchi, Samuel M. McCann

Glutamatergic regulation of gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons Original Research Article
Pages 183-192
Lothar Jennes, Wensheng Lin, Shruti Lakhlani

Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons: gene expression and neuroanatomical studies Original Research Article
Pages 193-208
Andrea C. Gore

GnRH pre-mRNA splicing: role of exonic splicing enhancer Original Research Article
Pages 209-219
Jin Han, Gi Hoon Son, Jae Young Seong, Kyungjin Kim

Pro-GnRH processing Original Research Article
Pages 221-241
William C. Wetsel, Sudha Srinivasan

The GnRH neuron: molecular aspects of migration, gene expression and regulation Original Research Article
Pages 243-257
Andrew Wolfe, Helen H. Kim, Sally Radovick

Physiology and release activity of GnRH neurons Original Research Article
Pages 259-281
Yoshitaka Oka

A role for non-neuronal cells in synchronization of intracellular calcium oscillations in primate LHRH neurons Original Research Article
Pages 283-291
Ei Terasawa, Trevor A. Richter, Kim L. Keen

GnRH in the regulation of female rat sexual behavior Original Research Article
Pages 293-301
Y. Sakuma

Nutrition, reproduction, and behavior Original Research Article
Pages 303-314
Jennifer L. Temple, Emilie F. Rissman

GnRH, brain mast cells and behavior Original Research Article
Pages 315-325
Ann-Judith Silverman, Lori Asarian, Mona Khalil, Rae Silver

Subject index
Pages 327-330