Rapid control of brain aromatase activity by glutamatergic inputs

Endocrinology

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 359-366

  Balthazart, Jacques ^a   Baillien, Michelle ^a   Ball, Gregory F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; AROMATASE; BRAIN ENZYME; CALCIUM; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; GLUTAMIC ACID; KAINIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; SODIUM DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPLANT; EXPOSURE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; TIME;

6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ALPHA-AMINO-3-HYDROXY-5-METHYL-4-ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; BRAIN; COTURNIX; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; KAINIC ACID; MALE; N-METHYLASPARTATE;

EID: 29344451447     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2005-0845     Document Type: Article

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