Cholinergic afferents to gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons of the rat

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 52, Issue 4-5, 2008, Pages 723-728

  Turi, Gergely F ^a   Liposits, Zsolt ^a,b   Hrabovszky, Erik ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b PÁZMÁNY PÉTER CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; ChAT; Luteinizing hormone releasing hormone; Preoptic area; Reproduction; VAChT

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GONADORELIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; AXONS; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURONS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

RATTUS;

EID: 38349126260     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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