Kisspeptin and gonadotropin-releasing hormone neuronal excitability: Molecular mechanisms driven by 17β-estradiol

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 184-193

  Rønnekleiv, Oline K ^a,b   Zhang, Chunguang ^a   Bosch, Martha A ^a   Kelly, Martin J ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canonical transient receptor potential channels; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Hyperpolarization activated, cyclic nucleotide gated current; Kisspeptin; Persistent sodium current; T type calcium current

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL R TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL T TYPE; ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN; KISSPEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA; METASTIN;

CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM CURRENT; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOWN REGULATION; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; HUMAN; HYPERPOLARIZATION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SODIUM CURRENT; UPREGULATION; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BRAIN; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; ESTRADIOL; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; KISSPEPTINS; NEURONS;

EID: 84947487124     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000370311     Document Type: Conference Paper

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