GHRP-6-induced changes in electrical activity of single cells in the arcuate, ventromedial and periventricular nucleusriventricular nuclei of a hypothalamic slice preparation in vitro

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 919-923

  Hewson, A K ^a   Viltart, O ^a,b   McKenzie, D N ^a,c   Dyball, R E J ^a   Dickson, Suzanne L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Growth hormone secretagogues; Growth hormone releasing hormone; Growth hormone releasing peptide; Somatostatin

Indexed keywords

HISTIDYL DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYLALANYLTRYPTOPHYL DEXTRO PHENYLALANYLLYSINAMIDE; SOMATOSTATIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HORMONES; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NEURONS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOMATOSTATIN; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0032742765     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.1999.00408.x     Document Type: Article

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