GABA levels within the medial preoptic area: Effects of chronic administration of sodium valproic acid

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 519-534

  Dodge, James C ^a   Illig, Amanda M ^a   Snyder, Peter J ^b   Badura, Lori L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrous cyclicity; GnRH; HPLC; Microdialysis; Seizures

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; VALPROIC ACID;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN REGION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESTRUS; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MICRODIALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SAMPLING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GABA AGENTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED DBA; PREOPTIC AREA; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 0034057756     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4530(00)00007-X     Document Type: Article

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