Kisspeptin Signaling in Reproductive Biology

Part I. Kisspeptin Signaling In Vivo and In Vitro

1. Kisspeptin: Past, Present, and Prologue
Robert A. Steiner

2. Structure, Synthesis, and Phylogeny of Kisspeptin and its Receptor
Shinji Kanda, Yoshitaka Oka

3. Neuroanatomy of the Kisspeptin Signaling System in Mammals: Comparative and Developmental Aspects
Michael N. Lehman, Stanley M. Hileman, Robert L. Goodman

4. The Effects of Kisspeptin on Gonadotropin Release in Non-human Mammals
Ali Abbara, Risheka Ratnasabapathy, Channa N. Jayasena, Waljit S. Dhillo

5. Effects of Kisspeptin on Hormone Secretion in Humans
Yee-Ming Chan

6. Kisspeptin Excitation of GnRH Neurons
Oline K. Rønnekleiv, Martin J. Kelly

7. Molecular Biology of the Kisspeptin Receptor: Signaling, Function, and Mutations
Suzy Drummond Carvalho Bianco, Ursula B. Kaiser

8. Kisspeptin Antagonists
Antonia Kathryn Roseweir, Robert P. Millar

9. Kisspeptin and Clinical Disorders
Letícia Gontijo Silveira, Ana Claudia Latronico, Stephanie Beth Seminara

10. Beyond the GnRH Axis: Kisspeptin Regulation of the Oxytocin System in Pregnancy and Lactation
Victoria Scott, Colin H. Brown

Part II. Development and Regulation of Kisspeptin Neurons

11. The Development of Kisspeptin Circuits in the Mammalian Brain
Sheila J. Semaan, Kristen P. Tolson, Alexander S. Kauffman

12. Kisspeptin and Puberty in Mammals
Ei Terasawa, Kathryn A. Guerriero, Tony M. Plant

13. Sex Steroid Regulation of Kisspeptin Circuits
Jeremy T. Smith

14. Kisspeptin and GnRH Pulse Generation
Hiroaki Okamura, Hiroko Tsukamura, Satoshi Ohkura, Yoshihisa Uenoyama, Yoshihiro Wakabayashi, Kei-ichiro Maeda

15. Interactions Between Kisspeptins and Neurokinin B
Víctor M. Navarro

16. Electrophysiology of Kisspeptin Neurons
Meenakshi Alreja

17. Metabolic Regulation of Kisspeptin
Juan Manuel Castellano, Manuel Tena-Sempere

18. Circadian Regulation of Kisspeptin in Female Reproductive Functioning
Lance J. Kriegsfeld

19. Kisspeptin and Seasonality of Reproduction
Iain J. Clarke, Alain Caraty

20. Stress Regulation of Kisspeptin in the Modulation of Reproductive Function
Pasha Grachev, Xiao Feng Li, Kevin O’Byrne

21. Effects of Environmental Endocrine Disruptors and Phytoestrogens on the Kisspeptin System
Heather B. Patisaul

22. Model Systems for Studying Kisspeptin Signalling: Mice and Cells
William H. Colledge, Joanne Doran, Hua Mei

Avainsanat: Biomedicine, Biomedicine general, Endocrinology, Reproductive Medicine, Neurosciences