Histaminergic responses by hypothalamic neurons that regulate lordosis and their modulation by estradiol

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

Volumn 107, Issue 27, 2010, Pages 12311-12316

  Dupré, Christophe ^a   Lovett Barron, Matthew ^a   Pfaff, Donald W ^a   Kow, Lee Ming ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arousal; Estrogen; Lordosis; Receptor colocalization; Whole cell patch clamp

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE AGONIST; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR; HISTAMINE H3 RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT;

ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE AGONISTS; HISTAMINE ANTAGONISTS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, HISTAMINE H1; RECEPTORS, HISTAMINE H2; RECEPTORS, HISTAMINE H3; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77955434384     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1006049107     Document Type: Article

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