The activation of metabotropic glutamate receptors differentially affects GABA and α-melanocyte stimulating hormone release from the hypothalamus and the posterior pituitary of male rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 327, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 95-98

  Pampillo, Macarena ^a   Scimonelli, Teresa ^b   Duvilanski, Beatriz H ^a   Celis, María Ester ^b   Seilicovich, Adriana ^a   Lasaga, Mercedes ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Melanocyte stimulating hormone; Gamma aminobutyric acid; Hypothalamus; Metabotropic glutamate receptors; Posterior pituitary

Indexed keywords

1 AMINO 1,5 INDANDICARBOXYLIC ACID; 2 (CARBOXYCYCLOPROPYL)GLYCINE; 3 HYDROXYPHENYLGLYCINE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALPHA INTERMEDIN; GLYCINE DERIVATIVE; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR AGONIST; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; PHOSPHOSERINE; POTASSIUM ION; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ALPHA-MSH; ANIMALS; CYCLOLEUCINE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE; HYPOTHALAMUS; INDANS; MALE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PITUITARY GLAND, POSTERIOR; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE;

EID: 0037135280     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)00386-5     Document Type: Article

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