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Tachykinin Peptides (Substance P, NKA, NKB) in Reproductive Hormone Control: Updated Review

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The takeaway

Tachykinin neuropeptides, especially neurokinin B (NKB), regulate GnRH and gonadotropin secretion, with NKB's role in kisspeptin neurons establishing it as a key reproductive axis regulator alongside kisspeptin.

Key finding

Tachykinin neuropeptides, especially neurokinin B (NKB), regulate GnRH and gonadotropin secretion, with NKB's role in kisspeptin neurons establishing

What the researchers found

Tachykinin neuropeptides, especially neurokinin B (NKB), regulate GnRH and gonadotropin secretion, with NKB's role in kisspeptin neurons establishing it as a key reproductive axis regulator alongside kisspeptin.

Why it matters

Relevant for peptide research.

How the study worked

research study.

What this study cannot tell us

See abstract.

How to read the evidence

emerging evidence.

When this study was published

Published in 2011.

The bigger picture

Advances peptide research.

Questions still open

  • Further research needed.

Common questions

What was studied?
Tachykinin Peptides (Substance P, NKA, NKB) in Reproductive Hormone Control: Updated Review
What was found?
Tachykinin neuropeptides, especially neurokinin B (NKB), regulate GnRH and gonadotropin secretion, with NKB's role in kisspeptin neurons establishing it as a key reproductive axis regulator alongside kisspeptin.

Read the original research

Tachykinins and the hypothalamo-pituitary-gonadal axis: An update.

Peptides, 32(9), 1972-8

Citation

Lasaga, Mercedes; Debeljuk, Luciano. (2011). Tachykinins and the hypothalamo-pituitary-gonadal axis: An update.. Peptides, 32(9), 1972-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.peptides.2011.07.009