Castration decreases single cell levels of mRNA encoding glutamic acid decarboxylase in the diagonal band of broca and the sexually dimorphic nucleus of the preoptic area

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 699-706

  Sagrillo, Cathleen A ^a   Selmanoff, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Castration; GABA; GAD; GnRH; Steroids

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; BRAIN ENZYME; CELL ENZYME; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; STEROID;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN REGION; CASTRATION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CELL POPULATION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PEDUNCULAR ANSA; PREOPTIC AREA; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRIFORM CORTEX; RAT; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEROID RELEASE;

EID: 0030882388     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.1997.00630.x     Document Type: Article

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