Dendro-dendritic bundling and shared synapses between gonadotropin- releasing hormone neurons

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 26, 2009, Pages 10835-10840

  Campbell, Rebecca E ^a   Gaidamaka, Galina ^a   Han, Seong Kyu ^a,b   Herbison, Allan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dendrite; Fertility; GnRH; LHRH; Mouse

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN; GONADORELIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HORMONE RELEASE; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DENDRITES; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYSINE; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NEURONS; SYNAPSES;

MAMMALIA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 67649831619     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0903463106     Document Type: Article

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