Coupling of neuronal nitric oxide synthase to NMDA receptors via postsynaptic density-95 depends on estrogen and contributes to the central control of adult female reproduction

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 6103-6114

  De Tassigny, Xavier D'Anglemont ^a,b   Campagne, Céline ^a,b   Dehouck, Bénédicte ^a,b   Leroy, Danièle ^a,b   Holstein, Gay R ^c   Beauvillain, Jean Claude ^a,b   Buée Scherrer, Valérie ^a,b   Prevot, Vincent ^a,b  

^a JEAN PIERRE AUBERT RESEARCH CENTER   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrous cycle; Glutamate; Hypothalamus; LHRH; Neuronal nitric oxide synthase; Sex steroids

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; ESTROGEN; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY PROTEIN 95;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GONADECTOMY; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; ESTROGENS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; RATS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 34249991967     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5595-06.2007     Document Type: Article

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