Voltage-gated potassium currents are targets of diurnal changes in estradiol feedback regulation and kisspeptin action on gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons in mice

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 987-995

  Pielecka Fortuna, Justyna ^a   DeFazio, R Anthony ^b   Moenter, Suzanne M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diurnal; Estradiol; Estradiol receptor; Feedback; Gnrh receptor; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Ion channels

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN; KISSPEPTIN; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; MOUSE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ESTRADIOL; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; KISSPEPTINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEURONS; OVARIECTOMY; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MUS;

EID: 81055126913     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.111.093492     Document Type: Article

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