β-endorphin alters electrical activity of gonadotropin releasing hormone neurons located in the terminal nerve of the teleost medaka (Oryzias latipes)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-47

  Wayne, Nancy L ^a   Kuwahara, Kenrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Medaka; Opioid; Teleost; Terminal nerve

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; GONADORELIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; POTASSIUM ION;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CLAMP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; ORYZIAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; TELEOST; WHOLE CELL;

EID: 33845230660     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2006.07.004     Document Type: Article

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