Chronic exposure to anabolic androgenic steroids alters activity and synaptic function in neuroendocrine control regions of the female mouse

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 653-664

  Penatti, Carlos A A ^a   Oberlander, Joseph G ^a   Davis, Matthew C ^a   Porter, Donna M ^a   Henderson, Leslie P ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anabolic steroid; Drug abuse; GABAA receptor; GnRH; Kisspeptin; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ANABOLIC AGENT; GONADORELIN; KISSPEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESTRUS; DRUG ABUSE; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MINIATURE ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYNAPSE;

ANABOLIC AGENTS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; METHYLTESTOSTERONE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MIDLINE THALAMIC NUCLEI; NEURONS; PREOPTIC AREA; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC POTENTIALS;

EID: 79959979296     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: 18737064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2011.05.008     Document Type: Article

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