Peri-pubertal gonadotropin-releasing hormone analog treatment affects hippocampus gene expression without changing spatial orientation in young sheep

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 242, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 9-16

  Nuruddin, Syed ^a   Wojniusz, Slawomir ^b,c   Ropstad, Erik ^a   Krogenæs, Anette ^a   Evans, Neil P ^d   Robinson, Jane E ^d   Solbakk, Anne Kristin ^b   Amiry Moghaddam, Mahmood ^e   Haraldsen, Ira Ronit Hebold ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Endocrine signaling; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Gonadotropin releasing hormone analog; Puberty; Sex differences; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA4; AMPA RECEPTOR; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; AROMATASE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; GOSERELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; LIM HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; SPINOPHILIN; SYNAPSIN I; SYNTROPHIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AR GENE; ARTICLE; BNDF GENE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYP19 GENE; EMOTIONALITY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ESR1 GENE; ESR2 GENE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GABRA4 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GH GENE; GNRH1 GENE; GNRH2 GENE; GRIA1 GENE; GRIN1 GENE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONAL THERAPY; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE INHIBITION; LHX5 GENE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NCAM1 GENE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHARMACOLOGICAL BLOCKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHEEP; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; SPN GENE; SYN1 GENE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VGF GENE;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GOSERELIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; ORIENTATION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SHEEP; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84872668807     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2012.12.027     Document Type: Article

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