Rapid Signaling of Estrogen in Hypothalamic Neurons Involves a Novel G-Protein-Coupled Estrogen Receptor that Activates Protein Kinase C

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 29, 2003, Pages 9529-9540

  Qiu, Jian ^a   Bosch, Martha A ^a   Tobias, Sandra C ^b   Grandy, David K ^a   Scanlan, Thomas S ^b   Rønnekleiv, Oline K ^a   Kelly, Martin J ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopamine; GABAB receptor; GAD; GIRK; POMC; SERMs

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ACRYLAMIDE DERIVATIVE; ADENYLATE CYCLASE; BACLOFEN; COMPOUND STX; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN KINASE C DELTA; SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; HETEROTRIMERIC GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PRKCD PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; BINDING COMPETITION; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; OVARIECTOMY; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; DOPAMINE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GQ-G11; GUINEA PIGS; HETEROTRIMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS; OVARIECTOMY; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN KINASE C-DELTA; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, GABA-B; SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATORS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0142151032     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-29-09529.2003     Document Type: Article

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