Kisspeptins and Kisspeptin Neurons: Effects on Reproductive System and Hypothalamic Localizations

Volume: 37 Number: 1 March 1, 2011
  • İlker Mustafa Kafa
  • Özhan Eyigör
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Kisspeptins and Kisspeptin Neurons: Effects on Reproductive System and Hypothalamic Localizations

Abstract

Peptides which are fragments of a precursor polypeptide of 145 amino acids encoded by Kiss-1 gene (1q32) and mediate their effects via GPR54 receptor, constitute the family of neuropeptides termed as kisspeptins. It has been known that the kisspeptins play important and key roles on neuroendocrine regulation of reproduction, puberty and ovulation in mammals. Distributions of kisspeptin neurons in brain regions on different mammal species, mapping studies and colocalizations with the other neuropeptids, hormones and mediators are still a matter of debates. Ongoing studies in our laboratory revealed that the groups of kisspeptin neurons were localized in anteroventral periventricular, preoptic periventricular and arcuate nuclei with increasing densities, respectively in female rats. Many aspects of the roles of kisspeptins on the neuroendocrine regulation of reproduction are still not clear, despite the knowledge of their regulatory effects on puberty and hypothalamic- pituitary-gonadal axis. We believe that, reviewing of kisspeptins and kisspeptin neurons on the basis of the recent literature would shed light on our knowledge in this area and further studies in the way of the roles of kisspeptin neurons in central nervous system.

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İlker Mustafa Kafa This is me

Özhan Eyigör This is me

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March 1, 2011

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Year 2011 Volume: 37 Number: 1

APA
Kafa, İ. M., & Eyigör, Ö. (2011). Kisspeptins and Kisspeptin Neurons: Effects on Reproductive System and Hypothalamic Localizations. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty, 37(1), 53-60. https://izlik.org/JA77FM34EJ
AMA
1.Kafa İM, Eyigör Ö. Kisspeptins and Kisspeptin Neurons: Effects on Reproductive System and Hypothalamic Localizations. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty. 2011;37(1):53-60. https://izlik.org/JA77FM34EJ
Chicago
Kafa, İlker Mustafa, and Özhan Eyigör. 2011. “Kisspeptins and Kisspeptin Neurons: Effects on Reproductive System and Hypothalamic Localizations”. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty 37 (1): 53-60. https://izlik.org/JA77FM34EJ.
EndNote
Kafa İM, Eyigör Ö (March 1, 2011) Kisspeptins and Kisspeptin Neurons: Effects on Reproductive System and Hypothalamic Localizations. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty 37 1 53–60.
IEEE
[1]İ. M. Kafa and Ö. Eyigör, “Kisspeptins and Kisspeptin Neurons: Effects on Reproductive System and Hypothalamic Localizations”, Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 53–60, Mar. 2011, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA77FM34EJ
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Kafa, İlker Mustafa - Eyigör, Özhan. “Kisspeptins and Kisspeptin Neurons: Effects on Reproductive System and Hypothalamic Localizations”. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty 37/1 (March 1, 2011): 53-60. https://izlik.org/JA77FM34EJ.
JAMA
1.Kafa İM, Eyigör Ö. Kisspeptins and Kisspeptin Neurons: Effects on Reproductive System and Hypothalamic Localizations. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty. 2011;37:53–60.
MLA
Kafa, İlker Mustafa, and Özhan Eyigör. “Kisspeptins and Kisspeptin Neurons: Effects on Reproductive System and Hypothalamic Localizations”. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty, vol. 37, no. 1, Mar. 2011, pp. 53-60, https://izlik.org/JA77FM34EJ.
Vancouver
1.İlker Mustafa Kafa, Özhan Eyigör. Kisspeptins and Kisspeptin Neurons: Effects on Reproductive System and Hypothalamic Localizations. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty [Internet]. 2011 Mar. 1;37(1):53-60. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA77FM34EJ

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