Immunocytochemical colocalization of gaba-B receptor subunits in gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons of the sheep

Neuroscience

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 311-319

  Sliwowska, J H ^a   Billings, H J ^a   Goodman, R L ^b   Lehmana, M N ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

GABA receptor; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Hypothalamus; Preoptic area; Seasonality; Sheep

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; GONADORELIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ANESTRUS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; OVARIECTOMY; SHEEP;

ANESTRUS; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURONS; OVARIECTOMY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, GABA-B; SHEEP;

EID: 33749078783     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.03.039     Document Type: Article

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