Social cues from conspecifics alter electrical activity of gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons in the terminal nerve via visual signals

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 297, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Ramakrishnan, Siddharth ^a   Wayne, Nancy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Fish; Medaka; Neuroendocrine; Sensory

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; ORYZIAS; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TERMINAL NERVE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CUES; FEMALE; FISH PROTEINS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; OLFACTORY BULB; ORYZIAS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PYRROLIDONECARBOXYLIC ACID; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 67650074751     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00143.2009     Document Type: Article

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