NMDA and nitric oxide act through the cGMP signal transduction pathway to repress hypothalamic gonadotropin-releasing hormone gene expression

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 538-547

  Belsham, Denise D ^b   Wetsel, William C ^a   Mellon, Pamela L ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cGMP dependent protein kinase; Glutamate; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Nitric oxide; Transcriptional repression

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM IONOPHORE; CYCLIC GMP; CYCLIC GMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GONADORELIN; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEMORY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REPORTER GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030040751     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00386.x     Document Type: Article

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