Dual-phenotype GABA/glutamate neurons in adult preoptic area: Sexual dimorphism and function

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 37, 2004, Pages 8097-8105

  Ottem, Erich N ^a,b   Godwin, Jonathan G ^a,c   Krishnan, Sudha ^a   Petersen, Sandra L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Estradiol; GnRH; LHRH; Ovulation; VGAT; VGLUT

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CARRIER PROTEIN; ESTRADIOL; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GONADORELIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2; VESICULAR INHIBITORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVULATION; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASTRATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DRUG IMPLANTS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATORS; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NERVE ENDINGS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; OVULATION; PHENOTYPE; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 2; VESICULAR INHIBITORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 4644225041     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2267-04.2004     Document Type: Article

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