Altered expression of genes encoding neurotransmitter receptors in GnRH neurons of proestrous mice

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue OCT2016, 2016, Pages

  Vastagh, Csaba ^a   Rodolosse, Annie ^b   Solymosi, Norbert ^c   Liposits, Zsolt ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN BIOMEDICINE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^d PÁZMÁNY PÉTER CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Genomics; GnRH neuron; Microarray analysis; Mouse; Neurotransmission; Pathway analysis; Proestrus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ADENOSINERGIC RECEPTOR; ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATERGIC RECEPTOR; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; GONADORELIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR; PROTEIN KINASE C; PURINERGIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; DOWN REGULATION; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE ONTOLOGY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HYBRIDIZATION; LASER CAPTURE MICRODISSECTION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTION; RNA ISOLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84991720156     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2016.00230     Document Type: Article

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