Expression of glutamate receptor subunits in the hypothalamus of the female rat during the afternoon of the proestrous luteinizing hormone surge and effects of antiprogestin treatment and aging

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 120-128

  Brann, Darrell W ^a   Zamorano, Pedro L ^a   De Sevilla, Liesl ^a   Mahesh, Virendra B ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; AMPA receptor; Estrous cycle; Glutamate; Glutamate receptor; Gonad steroids; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Gonadotropins; Kainate receptor; Medial basal hypothalamus; NMDA receptor; Preoptic area; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; ANTIGESTAGEN; ESTRADIOL; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 1; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 6; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; MIFEPRISTONE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 1; PROGESTERONE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; ESTROGEN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REPRODUCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INTERACTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIME; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MIFEPRISTONE; OVARIECTOMY; PROESTRUS; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 23844482170     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000086405     Document Type: Article

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