Responsiveness to depolarization of hypothalamic neurons secreting somatostatin under stress and estrous cycle conditions: Involvement of GABAergic and steroidal interactions

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 575-584

  Arancibia, Sandor ^a   Estupina, Corinne ^a   Pesco, Judith ^a   Belmar, Jorge ^b   Tapia Arancibia, Lucía ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Estrous cycle; GABA; Somatostatin; Steroids; Stress

Indexed keywords

SOMATOSTATIN; STEROID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COLD STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; DIESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSTATIN RELEASE; STRESS;

ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; CELLS, CULTURED; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HYPOTHALAMUS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; PICROTOXIN; POTASSIUM; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOMATOSTATIN; STEROIDS; STRESS;

EID: 0030698216     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19971115)50:4<575::AID-JNR8>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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