Physiologic regulation of a tetrodotoxin-sensitive sodium influx that mediates a slow afterdepolarization potential in gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons: Possible implications for the central regulation of fertility

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 46, 2006, Pages 11961-11973

  Chu, Zhiguo ^a   Moenter, Suzanne M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Afterdepolarizing potential; Excitability; Feedback regulation; GnRH; Intrinsic activity; Neuroendocrine; Sodium current

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CATION CHANNEL; ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM; TETRODOTOXIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILITY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MALE; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM TRANSPORT; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; MICE; NEURONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; OVARIECTOMY; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PREOPTIC AREA; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, NEUROTRANSMITTER; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; SODIUM CHANNELS; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 33751076267     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3171-06.2006     Document Type: Article

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