Release of classical transmitters and nitric oxide in the rat olfactory bulb, evoked by vaginocervical stimulation and potassium, varies with the oestrus cycle

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 80-88

  Guevara Guzmán, Rosalinda ^a   Barrera Mera, Baltazar ^a   De La Riva, Carlos ^b   Kendrick, Keith M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dopamine; GABA; Glutamate; Neurotransmitters; Nitric oxide; Oestrus cycle; Olfactory bulb

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; DOPAMINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NORADRENALIN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; CERVIX UTERI; CITRULLINE; DOPAMINE; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; MICRODIALYSIS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; NITRIC OXIDE; NOREPINEPHRINE; OLFACTORY BULB; OVARIECTOMY; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VAGINA; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0033972706     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.00882.x     Document Type: Article

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