Expression of glutamate receptor subunit mrnas in gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons during the sexual maturation of the female rat

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 122-129

  Eyigor, Ozhan ^a   Jennes, Lothar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Excitatory amino acid receptors; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; In situ hybridization; Puberty

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; DIGOXIGENIN; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; GONADORELIN; MESSENGER RNA; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUBERTY; RAT; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; DIGOXIGENIN; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NEURONS; PLASMIDS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; RNA, MESSENGER; SEXUAL MATURATION; SILVER STAINING;

EID: 0030792335     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000127229     Document Type: Article

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