Coordinated synchronization in the electrically coupled network of terminal nerve gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons as demonstrated by double patch-clamp study

Endocrinology

Volumn 149, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 3540-3548

  Haneda, Kosuke ^a   Oka, Yoshitaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADOTROPIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLISA LALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEOST;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FISHES; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; MALE; NERVE ENDINGS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 46349089379     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2008-0299     Document Type: Article

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