Neonatal dexamethasone exposure down-regulates GnRH expression through the GnIH pathway in female mice

Neuroscience

Volumn 218, Issue , 2012, Pages 56-64

  Soga, T ^a   Dalpatadu, S L ^a   Wong, D W ^a   Parhar, I S ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

DMH; Glucocorticoid; GPR147; Preoptic area; Reproduction; Stress

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 147; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 74; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN INHIBITORY HORMONE; GONADOTROPIN INHIBITORY HORMONE RECEPTOR; HORMONE RECEPTOR; HORMONE RELEASE INHIBITING FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED PUBERTY; DORSOMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMUS; DOWN REGULATION; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLIC INHIBITION; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS; UROGENITAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; VAGINA OPENING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DEXAMETHASONE; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GLYCOPROTEINS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LASER CAPTURE MICRODISSECTION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, LHRH; SEXUAL MATURATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84863775715     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.05.023     Document Type: Article

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