Membrane estrogen receptors stimulate intracellular calcium release and progesterone synthesis in hypothalamic astrocytes

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 39, 2010, Pages 12950-12957

  Kuo, John ^a,b   Hamid, Naheed ^a   Bondar, Galyna ^a   Prossnitz, Eric R ^c   Micevych, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 CARBOXY 2 METHYLPHENYLGLYCINE; DIARYLPROPIONITRILE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 30; PROGESTERONE; CALCIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE SYNTHESIS; SMOOTH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; AGONISTS; ANIMAL; ASTROCYTE; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; GENETICS; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LONG EVANS RAT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SECRETION (PROCESS);

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLS, CULTURED; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

EID: 77957345404     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1158-10.2010     Document Type: Article

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