title: The male monkey as a model for the study of the neurobiology of puberty onset in man.
abstract: This chapter is based on the material that was presented in the Symposium titled "Puberty in mechanistic perspective: animal models" at Sixth International Conference on the Control of the Onset of Puberty held in Evian, May 2005.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of Pittsburgh, 3550 Terrace Street, 828 Scaife Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA. plant1@pitt.edu
authors.forename: Tony M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Plant
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone / Q000097:blood; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D000882:Haplorhini; D006801:Humans; D059648:Kisspeptins; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D023421:Models, Animal; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D009490:Neurosecretory Systems / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D011627:Puberty / Q000502:physiology*; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled / Q000502:physiology; D000074502:Receptors, Kisspeptin-1; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: C106628:KISS1 protein, human; C118688:KISS1R protein, human; D059648:Kisspeptins; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled; D000074502:Receptors, Kisspeptin-1; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone