Immortalized gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons secrete γ-aminobutyric acid - Evidence for an autocrine regulation

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1145-1152

  Ahnert Hilger, G ^a   John, M ^b   Kistner, U ^a   Wiedenmann, B ^b   Jarry, H ^c  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

GABA section; Large dense core vesicles; Neuroendocrine cells; Small synaptic vesicles

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALPHA LATROTOXIN; CALCIUM ION; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GONADORELIN; MESSENGER RNA; POTASSIUM ION; SYNAPTOBREVIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; SYNAPTOSOMAL ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25; SYNAPTOTAGMIN; TRITIUM;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID UPTAKE; ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXOCYTOSIS; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; GONADORELIN RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

ANIMALS; AUTOCRINE COMMUNICATION; CELL LINE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEURONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SPIDER VENOMS; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS;

EID: 0031878611     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1998.00129.x     Document Type: Article

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