Excitatory amino acid receptors and puberty

Steroids

Volumn 63, Issue 5-6, 1998, Pages 268-270

  Zamorano, Pedro L ^a   Mahesh, Virendra B ^a   De Sevilla, Liesl ^a   Brann, Darrell W ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Glutamate receptor; Hypothalamus; Puberty

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; KAINIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BINDING AFFINITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PUBERTY; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; RATS; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032076992     PISSN: 0039128X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-128X(98)00033-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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