Phosphorylation of N-methyl-D-aspartic acid receptor-associated neuronal nitric oxide synthase depends on estrogens and modulates hypothalamic nitric oxide production during the ovarian cycle

Endocrinology

Volumn 151, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2723-2735

  Parkash, Jyoti ^b   D'Anglemont De Tassigny, Xavier ^a   Bellefontaine, Nicole ^b   Campagne, Celine ^b   Mazure, Danièle ^b   Buée Scherrer, Valérie ^b   Prevot, Vincent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; ESTRADIOL; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; VAGINA SMEAR; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE; DRUG EFFECT; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL MEMBRANE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; OVARIECTOMY; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 77954495740     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2010-0007     Document Type: Article

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