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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2017

Definition of the hypothalamic GnRH pulse generator in mice.

Jenny Clarkson, Su Young Han, Richard Piet, Timothy McLennan, Grace M Kane, Jamie Ng, Robert W Porteous, Joon S Kim, William H Colledge, Karl J Iremonger and 1 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 199 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
199citing papers in PubMed
38.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

199 citing papers in PubMed, 385 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Jenny ClarksonCentre for Neuroendocrinology, University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand.
Su Young HanCentre for Neuroendocrinology, University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand.
Richard PietCentre for Neuroendocrinology, University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand.
Timothy McLennanCentre for Neuroendocrinology, University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand.
Grace M KaneCentre for Neuroendocrinology, University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand.
Jamie NgCentre for Neuroendocrinology, University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand.
Robert W PorteousCentre for Neuroendocrinology, University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand.
Joon S KimCentre for Neuroendocrinology, University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand.
William H ColledgeReproductive Physiology Group, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EG, United Kingdom.
Karl J IremongerCentre for Neuroendocrinology, University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0002-8976-2401
Allan E HerbisonCentre for Neuroendocrinology, University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand; allan.herbison@otago.ac.nz.ORCID 0000-0002-9615-3022
University of Otago · NZUniversity of Cambridge · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/K003178/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The pulsatile release of luteinizing hormone (LH) is critical for mammalian fertility. However, despite several decades of investigation, the identity of the neuronal network generating pulsatile reproductive hormone secretion remains unproven. We use here a variety of optogenetic approaches in freely behaving mice to evaluate the role of the arcuate nucleus kisspeptin (ARN

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Action PotentialsAnimalsArcuate Nucleus of HypothalamusFemaleGonadotropin-Releasing HormoneKisspeptinsLuteinizing HormoneMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicNerve NetNeuronsOptogeneticsPeriodicityPhotometryGonadotropin-Releasing HormoneKiss1 protein, mouseKisspeptinsLuteinizing Hormonearcuate nucleusfertilityGnRHkisspeptinpulse

Identifiers

PMID29109258
PMCPMC5703322
OpenAlexW2767899680

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