The effect of excitatory aminoacids on GABA release from mediobasal hypothalamus of female rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 247, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 119-122

  Lasaga, Mercedes ^a   De Laurentiis, Andrea ^a   Pampillo, MacArena ^a   Pisera, Daniel ^a   Del Carmen Díaz, María ^a   Theas, Susana ^a   Duvilanski, Beatriz ^a   Seilicovich, Adriana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Estrogens; Excitatory aminoacids; GABA release; Hypothalamus; Kainate

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 6,7 DINITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; ESTROGEN; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; KAINIC ACID; QUISQUALIC ACID;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; DEPRESSION, CHEMICAL; DIESTRUS; DRUG IMPLANTS; ESTRADIOL; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACIDS; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTERNEURONS; KAINIC ACID; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OVARIECTOMY; QUINOXALINES; QUISQUALIC ACID; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 0032524609     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00288-2     Document Type: Article

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