Sex differences in GABA turnover and glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD65 and GAD67) mRNA in the rat hypothalamus

Brain Research

Volumn 878, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 11-19

  Searles, Robin V ^a   Yoo, Mi Jeong ^a   He, Ju Ren ^a   Shen, Wei Bin ^a   Selmanoff, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

GABA turnover rate; GAD mRNA; Hypothalamus; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; RIBONUCLEASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AMINOOXYACETIC ACID; ANIMAL; FEMALE; GABA AGENTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; ISOENZYMES; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0034730684     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(00)02648-2     Document Type: Article

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