The spontaneous firing rates of dopamine-inhibited dorsomedial arcuate neurons exhibit a diurnal rhythm in brain slices obtained from ovariectomized plus estrogen-treated rats

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 85, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 189-193

  Liang, Shu Ling ^a   Pan, Jenn Tser ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diurnal rhythm; Dopamine receptor; Dorsomedial arcuate nucleus; Single unit extracellular recording; TIDA neuron

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DOPAMINE; ESTRADIOL; MAGNESIUM; NAXAGOLIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; FEMALE; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; TUBEROHYPOPHYSEAL TRACT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DOPAMINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; MEDIODORSAL THALAMIC NUCLEUS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 79957804510     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: 18732747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2011.03.009     Document Type: Article

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