Hormone secretion in transgenic rats and electrophysiological activity in their gonadotropin releasing-hormone neurons

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 303, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Gay, Vernon L ^a   Hemond, Peter J ^b   Schmidt, Deena ^c   O'Boyle, Michael P ^b   Hemond, Zoe ^b   Best, Janet ^c   O'Farrell, Laura ^d   Suter, Kelly J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Luteinizing hormone pulses

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN; GONADORELIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GONADORELIN RELEASE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRANSGENIC RAT; WILD TYPE; WISTAR RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NEURONS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RATS; RATS, TRANSGENIC; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84863910590     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00157.2012     Document Type: Article

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