Adenohypophyseal and hypothalamic GABA B receptor subunits are downregulated by estradiol in adult female rats

Life Sciences

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 342-350

  Rey Roldán, Estela B ^a,c   Bianchi, María S ^a   Bettler, Bernhard ^b   Becu Villalobos, Damasia ^a   Lux Lantos, Victoria A ^a   Libertun, Carlos ^a,c  

^a INST DE BIOL Y MED EXPERIMENTAL   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ca2 i oscillations; Estradiol; Female rats; GABAB receptors; Hypothalamus; Pituitary

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BACLOFEN; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTRADIOL VALERATE; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PROESTRUS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BACLOFEN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CALCIUM CHANNELS; DOWN-REGULATION; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GABA AGONISTS; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; OVARIECTOMY; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-B; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 33744523655     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2006.01.014     Document Type: Article

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