Profiles of in vivo gamma-aminobutyric acid release in the medial preoptic area of intact and castrated male rats

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 290-296

  Tin Tin Win Shwe, ^a   Mitsushima, Dai ^a   Kimura, Fukuko ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Castration; Gamma aminobutyric acid; Gonadal steroids; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Gonadotropins; Preoptic area; Sex dimorphism

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BICUCULLINE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DIALYSATE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GONAD; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYPOTHESIS; IN VIVO STUDY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; ORCHIECTOMY; PREOPTIC AREA; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036444815     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000066625     Document Type: Article

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