Spatially selective, testosterone-independent remodeling of dendrites in gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons prepubertally in male rats

Endocrinology

Volumn 152, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2011-2019

  Ybarra, Natividad ^a   Hemond, Peter J ^a   O'Boyle, Michael P ^a   Suter, Kelly J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN; GONADORELIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CASTRATED MALE; CELL REGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; DENDRITES; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LYSINE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEURONS; ORCHIECTOMY; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79955424725     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2010-0871     Document Type: Article

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