Hypothalamic growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) deficiency: Targeted ablation of GHRH neurons in mice using a viral ion channel transgene

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1251-1262

  Le Tissier, Paul R ^a   Carmignac, Danielle F ^a   Lilley, Sarah ^b   Sesay, Abdul K ^b   Phelps, Carol J ^d   Houston, Pamela ^a,f   Mathers, Kathleen ^c   Magoulas, Charalambos ^a,e   Ogden, David ^b   Robinson, Iain C A F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b Division of Neurophysiology   (United Kingdom)

^c The Ridgeway   (United Kingdom)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CATION CHANNEL; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; HISTIDYL DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYLALANYLTRYPTOPHYL DEXTRO PHENYLALANYLLYSINAMIDE; ION CHANNEL; PROLACTIN; PROTEIN M2; RIMANTADINE; THYROTROPIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DWARFISM; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HYPOPLASIA; HYPOTHALAMUS LESION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL LESION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PITUITARY DISEASES; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; RIMANTADINE; TIME FACTORS; VIRAL MATRIX PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 17844391242     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/me.2004-0223     Document Type: Article

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