GABAergic integration of progesterone and androgen feedback to gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-41

  Sullivan, Shannon D ^a   Moenter, Suzanne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

DHT; Feedback; GABA; GnRH; Neurotransmitters; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; GONADORELIN; PROGESTERONE; TETRODOTOXIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANDROGEN METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GONADORELIN RELEASE; HYPERANDROGENISM; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; MEDIATOR RELEASE; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE METABOLISM; REPRODUCTION; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; FEMALE; GABA AGENTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS; OVARIECTOMY; PROGESTERONE; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 10944261252     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.104.033126     Document Type: Article

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