The GABAergic control of gonadotropin-releasing hormone secretion in male rats during sexual maturation involves effects on hypothalamic excitatory and inhibitory amino acid systems

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 305-312

  Feleder, Carlos ^a   Jarry, Hubertus ^b   Leonhardt, Sabine ^b   Wuttke, Wolfgang ^b   Moguilevsky, Jaime A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Excitatory amino acids; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Puberty; Aminobutyric acid; Aminobutyric acid receptors

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BACLOFEN; BICUCULLINE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GONADORELIN; MUSCIMOL; PHACLOFEN; TAURINE;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GONADORELIN RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PREOPTIC AREA; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL MATURATION;

AGING; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; GABA AGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEXUAL MATURATION; TAURINE;

EID: 0029765428     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000127133     Document Type: Article

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