Evidence for a role of bradykinin neurons in the control of gonadotropin-releasing hormone secretion

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 209-218

  Shi, Beien ^a   Mahesh, Virendra B ^a   Bhat, Ganapathy K ^a   Ping, Lin ^a   Brann, Darrell W ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arcuate nucleus; Bradykinin; Bradykinin receptors; Gonadal steroids; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Gonadotropins; GT1 cells; Hippocampus; Organum vasculosum laminae terminalis

Indexed keywords

BRADYKININ; BRADYKININ ANTAGONIST; BRADYKININ B1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BRADYKININ B2 RECEPTOR; BRADYKININ B2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BRADYKININ RECEPTOR; BRAIN RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; GLUTAMIC ACID; GONADORELIN; ICATIBANT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN KINASE C INHIBITOR; STAUROSPORINE; STEROID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EXOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; GONADORELIN RELEASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BRADYKININ; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; PROTEIN KINASE C; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, BRADYKININ B2; RECEPTORS, BRADYKININ; SECRETORY RATE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031955627     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000054316     Document Type: Article

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