The effects of GABA agonists on glutamic acid decarboxylase, GABA-transaminase, activin, salmon gonadotrophin-releasing hormone and tyrosine hydroxylase mRNA in the goldfish (Carassius auratus) neuroendocrine brain

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 390-397

  Martyniuk, C J ^a   Chang, J P ^b   Trudeau, Vance L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activin; GABA; Gene expression; Goldfish; LH; Neuroendocrine

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ACTIVIN; BACLOFEN; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 65; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; GONADORELIN; MESSENGER RNA; MUSCIMOL; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GOLDFISH; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEADY STATE; TELENCEPHALON;

EID: 34047255612     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2007.01543.x     Document Type: Article

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