Gonadotropin-releasing hormone and NMDA receptor gene expression and colocalization change during puberty in female rats

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 5281-5289

  Gore, Andrea C ^a   Wu, T J ^a   Rosenberg, Jacob J ^a   Roberts, James L ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

GnRH; immunocytochemistry; NMDA; puberty; rat; RNase protection assay

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; RIBONUCLEASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADORELIN RELEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PUBERTY; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION;

EID: 0029843862     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-17-05281.1996     Document Type: Article

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