GABA- and glutamate-activated channels in green fluorescent protein- tagged gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons in transgenic mice

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2037-2050

  Spergel, Daniel J ^a   Krüth, Ulrich ^a   Hanley, Daniel F ^a   Sprengel, Rolf ^b   Seeburg, Peter H ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagonal band of Broca; GABA; GFP; Glutamate; GnRH; Hypothalamus; Median eminence; Organum vasculosum of the lamina terminalis; Preoptic area; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FACILITATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0033559431     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-06-02037.1999     Document Type: Article

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