Kisspeptin immunoreactive cells of the ovine preoptic area and arcuate nucleus co-express estrogen receptor alpha
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Acknowledgments
We are grateful to P.Y. Sizaret for help with confocal microscopy, G. Bruneau for fruitful discussion of the data, F. Paulmier for assistance with the animal experimentation, and the shepherds for taking good care of the animals. P. Ciofi (INSERM Bordeaux) generously provided the PrRP peptide.
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