Allopregnanolone enhancement of GABAergic transmission in rat medial preoptic area neurons
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Allopregnanolone enhancement of GABAergic transmission in rat medial preoptic area neurons.
Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)-mediated transmission in the medial preoptic area (MPOA) of the hypothalamus plays an important role in functions such as sex steroid hormone dynamics and control of body temperature. The action of allopregnanolone, the primary metabolite of progesterone, on GABAergic transmission was investigated by employing patch clamp whole cell recording on acutely dissociate...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0193-1849,1522-1555
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00049.2002