Defining Subpopulations of Arcuate Nucleus GABA Neurons in Male, Female, and Prenatally Androgenized Female Mice

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 157-169

  Marshall, Christopher J ^a   Desroziers, Elodie ^a   McLennan, Timothy ^a   Campbell, Rebecca E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Hypothalamus; Kisspeptin; Neuropeptide Y; Nitric oxide synthase; Polycystic ovary syndrome; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ANDROGEN; BETA ENDORPHIN; KISSPEPTIN; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROTRANSMITTER; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; VESICULAR INHIBITORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; NOS1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; VIAAT PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL REGION; FEMALE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; VENTRAL REGION; ANIMAL; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS OF HYPOTHALAMUS; BETA-ENDORPHIN; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GABAERGIC NEURONS; KISSPEPTINS; MALE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VESICULAR INHIBITORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 84991256168     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000452105     Document Type: Article

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