Oestradiol up-regulates glutamine synthetase mRNA and protein expression in the hypothalamus and hippocampus: Implications for a role of hormonally responsive glia in amino acid neurotransmission

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 692-702

  Blutstein, T ^a   Devidze, N ^b   Choleris, E ^b   Jasnow, A M ^b   Pfaff, D W ^b   Mong, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Glutamate; Microarray; Neuronal glialinteractions; Oestrogen

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ESTRADIOL; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLIA CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MODULATION; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MICROARRAY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RNA ISOLATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MICE; NEUROGLIA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RNA, MESSENGER; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 33746521260     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2006.01466.x     Document Type: Article

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