Allopregnanolone induces LHRH and glutamate release through NMDA receptor modulation

Endocrine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-26

  Giuliani, Fernando A ^a   Yunes, Roberto ^a,c   Mohn, Claudia E ^b   Laconi, Myriam ^a   Rettori, Valeria ^b   Cabrera, Ricardo ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

^b Centre de Estudios Farmacologicos y Botanicos   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CUYO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Allopregnanolone; Glutamate; Hypothalamus; LHRH; Neurosteroid; NMDA receptor

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 7 PHOSPHONOHEPTANOIC ACID; 3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; ESTROGEN; GLUTAMIC ACID; GONADORELIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; POTASSIUM ION; PROGESTERONE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONADORELIN RELEASE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; IN VITRO STUDY; MEDIOBASAL HYPOTHALAMUS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION;

EID: 80755135464     PISSN: 1355008X     EISSN: 15590100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12020-011-9451-8     Document Type: Article

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