Several GABA(A) receptor subunits are expressed in LHRH neurons of juvenile female rats

Brain Research

Volumn 780, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 218-229

  Jung, Heike ^a   Shannon, Eva M ^b   Fritschy, Jean Marc ^c   Ojeda, Sergio R ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

GABA(A) receptor; Hypothalamus; Immunohistochemistry; In situ hybridization; Sexual development

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ANION CHANNEL; GONADORELIN; MESSENGER RNA; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONADORELIN RELEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INNERVATION; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HYPOTHALAMUS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RNA, MESSENGER; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 0032509663     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)01152-9     Document Type: Article

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