Robert A Steiner

No ORCID on file · 2 papers in corpus
lab-animal 2009
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience ·doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5740-08.2009

Neurons that produce gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) are the final common pathway by which the brain regulates reproduction. GnRH neurons are regulated by an afferent network of kisspeptin-producing neurons. Kisspeptin binds to its co…

review 2009
Endocrine Reviews ·doi:10.1210/er.2009-0005

Kisspeptin (a product of the Kiss1 gene) and its receptor (GPR54 or Kiss1r) have emerged as key players in the regulation of reproduction. Mutations in humans or genetically targeted deletions in mice of either Kiss1 or Kiss1r cause profoun…