Glutamate, GABA, and glutamine are synchronously upregulated in the mouse lateral septum during the postpartum period

Brain Research

Volumn 1591, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 53-62

  Zhao, Changjiu ^a   Gammie, Stephen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Gad1 (GAD67); Gad2 (GAD65); Glutamate ammonia ligase; Glutaminase; Glutamine synthetase; Lactation

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINASE; GLUTAMINE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PUERPERIUM; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE LEVEL; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

MUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; MICE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84922593783     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2014.10.023     Document Type: Article

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