Enhanced glutamatergic and decreased gabaergic synaptic appositions to GnRH neurons on proestrus in the rat: Modulatory effect of aging

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Khan, Mohammad ^a   de Sevilla, Liesl ^a   Mahesh, Virendra B ^a   Brann, Darrell W ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2; VESICULAR INHIBITORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; SLC17A6 PROTEIN, RAT; VIAAT PROTEIN, RAT;

AGE; AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PROESTRUS; RAT; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DIESTRUS; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTOSOME;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; DIESTRUS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; NEURONS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PROESTRUS; RATS; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 2; VESICULAR INHIBITORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 77956330735     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010172     Document Type: Article

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