Enhancement of a robust arcuate GABAergic input to gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons in a model of polycystic ovarian syndrome

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 596-601

  Moore, Aleisha M ^a   Prescott, Mel ^a   Marshall, Christopher J ^a   Yip, Siew Hoong ^a   Campbell, Rebecca E ^a   McEwen, Bruce S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GABA; GnRH; Luteinizing hormone; PCOS; Progesterone receptor

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ANDROGEN; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PRENATAL ANDROGEN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; STEROID RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MOUSE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; DISEASE MODEL; HUMAN; NEUROSECRETION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS OF HYPOTHALAMUS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GABAERGIC NEURONS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE;

EID: 84921033481     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1415038112     Document Type: Article

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