NMDA receptor subunit NR2b: Effects on LH release and GnRH gene expression in young and middle-aged female rats, with modulation by estradiol

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 129-141

  Maffucci, Jacqueline A ^a   Walker, Deena M ^a   Ikegami, Aiko ^a   Woller, Michael J ^b   Gore, Andrea C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Glutamate, N methyl D aspartate receptor; GnRH mRNA; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Ifenprodil; Luteinizing hormone; NR2b; Reproductive aging; Reproductive senescence

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; ESTRADIOL; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GONADORELIN; IFENPRODIL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADORELIN RELEASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCTION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVARIECTOMY; PIPERIDINES; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 42449139083     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000111136     Document Type: Article

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