Frequency-dependent recruitment of fast amino acid and slow neuropeptide neurotransmitter release controls gonadotropin-releasing hormone neuron excitability

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2421-2430

  Liu, Xinhuai ^a   Porteous, Robert ^a   D'Anglemont De Tassigny, Xavier ^b   Colledge, William H ^b   Millar, Robert ^c   Petersen, Sandra L ^d   Herbison, Allan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; AMINO ACID; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 54; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; GONADORELIN; KISSPEPTIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MONOSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ALPHA-AMINO-3-HYDROXY-5-METHYL-4-ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR THALAMIC NUCLEI; BIOPHYSICS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VALINE;

EID: 79951825515     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5759-10.2011     Document Type: Article

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