GABAA Receptor-Mediated Responses in the Ventromedial Nucleus of the Hypothalamus of Female and Male Neonatal Rats

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 103-113

  Smith, Sholeen T ^a   Brennan, Christine ^b   Clark, Ann S ^c   Henderson, Leslie P ^a,b  

^a Departments of Physiology   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Dartmouth College ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Gonadal steroids; Receptors; Sexual dimorphism; Ventromedial nucleus; Aminobutyric acid

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BICUCULLINE; POSTSYNAPTIC RECEPTOR; STEROID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; ION CURRENT; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0029662187     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000127105     Document Type: Article

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