Differential regulation of gonadotropin-releasing hormone neuron activity and membrane properties by acutely applied estradiol: Dependence on dose and estrogen receptor subtype

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 5616-5627

  Chu, Zhiguo ^a   Andrade, Josefa ^a   Shupnik, Margaret A ^a   Moenter, Suzanne M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA AGONIST; FULVESTRANT; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 30 AGONIST; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GONADORELIN; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; NEURONS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 65649094039     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0352-09.2009     Document Type: Article

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