Ion channels and information processing in GnRH neuron dendrites

Channels

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 135-145

  Norberg, Rachael ^a   Campbell, Rebecca ^b   Suter, Kelly J ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Conductance; Dendrites; Estradiol; GnRH neurons; Hypothalamus; Modeling; Morphology; Puberty

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; GLUTAMIC ACID; GONADORELIN; ION CHANNEL; NIMODIPINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHANNEL GATING; DENDRITE; GONADORELIN NEURON; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SYNAPSE;

CONDUCTANCE; DENDRITES; ESTRADIOL; GNRH NEURONS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MODELING; MORPHOLOGY; PUBERTY;

ANIMALS; DENDRITES; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS;

EID: 84878231500     PISSN: 19336950     EISSN: 19336969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/chan.24228     Document Type: Review

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