Altered GABAA receptor-mediated synaptic transmission disrupts the firing of gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons in male mice under conditions that mimic steroid abuse

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 6497-6506

  Penatti, Carlos A A ^a   Davis, Matthew C ^a   Porter, Donna M ^a   Henderson, Leslie P ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; METHYLTESTOSTERONE; ANABOLIC AGENT; ANDROGEN; GONADOTROPIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL ISOLATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ACTION POTENTIAL; ADDICTION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREOPTIC AREA; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SYNAPTOSOME; TESTIS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANABOLIC AGENTS; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GONADOTROPINS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; METHYLTESTOSTERONE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS; PREOPTIC AREA; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RNA, MESSENGER; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TESTIS;

EID: 77952395405     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5383-09.2010     Document Type: Article

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