Regional distribution of glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD65 and GAD67) mRNA in the hypothalamus of male rhesus macaques before and after puberty

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 86-91

  Urbanski, Henryk F ^a,b   Rodrigues, Sarina M ^a   Garyfallou, Vasilios T ^a   Kohama, Steven G ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aminobutyric acid; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; In situ hybridization

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GONADORELIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GONADORELIN RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RHESUS MONKEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; NEURONS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ANIMALIA; MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0032102327     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(98)00070-9     Document Type: Article

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