Ghrelin Decreases Firing Activity of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) Neurons in an Estrous Cycle and Endocannabinoid Signaling Dependent Manner

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Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Farkas, Imre ^a   Vastagh, Csaba ^a   Sárvári, Miklós ^a   Liposits, Zsolt ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b PÁZMÁNY PÉTER CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 (2,4 DICHLOROPHENYL) 5 (4 IODOPHENYL) 4 METHYL N (1 PIPERIDYL) 1H PYRAZOLE 3 CARBOXAMIDE; ENDOCANNABINOID; ESTRADIOL; GHRELIN; GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; JMV 2959; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG TARGETING; ESTRUS CYCLE; HORMONE ACTION; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CALCIUM; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GABAERGIC NEURONS; GENE EXPRESSION; GHRELIN; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; MALE; METESTRUS; MICE; NEURONS; PROESTRUS; RECEPTORS, GHRELIN; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC POTENTIALS;

EID: 84885083557     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078178     Document Type: Article

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