Human neurons express type I GnRH receptor and respond to GnRH I by increasing luteinizing hormone expression

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 651-663

  Wilson, Andrea C ^a   Salamat, M Shahriar ^a   Haasl, Ryan J ^a   Roche, Kelly M ^a   Karande, Anjali ^b   Meethal, Sivan Vadakkadath ^a   Terasawa, Ei ^a   Bowen, Richard L ^d,e   Atwood, Craig S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Voyager Pharmaceutical Corporation   (United States)

^e OTB Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BETA SUBUNIT; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANDROPAUSE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; EMBRYO; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SENESCENCE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SUBICULUM; TEMPORAL LOBE; UPREGULATION;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, LHRH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 33846563982     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.1.07047     Document Type: Article

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