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17beta-estradiol at physiological concentrations augments Ca(2+) -activated K+ currents via estrogen receptor beta in the gonadotropin-releasing hormone neuronal cell line GT1-7.

scientific article published on 25 October 2007

2308 ER mRNA expression in the hippocampus of the rat during development

2309 Changes in the neural activity of female rat preoptic area during sexual behavior

2322 Morphological and electrophysiological changes in bulbocavernous motoneurons following orchidectomy in the rabbit

2427 Facilitation of female rat sexual behavior by an excitatory amino acid in the premammillary region

2428 Estrogen receptor (ER) and ER mRNA expressed in the hippocampus of the young rat

3',5'-cyclic adenosine monophosphate augments intracellular Ca2+ concentration and gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) release in immortalized GnRH neurons in an Na+ -dependent manner

scientific article published on November 2002

A new beginning for The Journal of Physiological Sciences: a message from the editor-in-chief

Activation of A-type gamma-amino butyric acid receptors excites gonadotrophin-releasing hormone neurones isolated from adult rats

scientific article

Activation of accessory olfactory bulb neurons during copulatory behavior after deprivation of vomeronasal inputs in male rats

scientific article published on February 2003

Alternative promoter usage and alternative splicing of the rat estrogen receptor alpha gene generate numerous mRNA variants with distinct 5'-ends

scientific article published on 13 October 2009

Axon-sparing lesion of the preoptic area enhances receptivity and diminishes proceptivity among components of female rat sexual behavior

scientific article

Biphasic augmentation of the lordosis reflex of female rats from the ventral premammillary nucleus

Both olfactory epithelial and vomeronasal inputs are essential for activation of the medial amygdala and preoptic neurons of male rats

scientific article published in October 2011

Bradykinin and angiotensin II-induced [Ca2+]i rise in cultured rat pituitary folliculo-stellate cells

scientific article published in November 2001

Brain aromatase activity and behavioral consequences in the male rat treated in utero with 4-hydroxy-androstenedione.

scientific article

Ca2+ channels and Ca2+-activated K+ channels in adult rat gonadotrophin-releasing hormone neurones

scientific article published on March 2009

Cetrorelix, a gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist, induces the expression of melatonin receptor 1a in the gonadotropin-releasing hormone neuronal cell line GT1-7.

scientific article

Characterization of the fundamental properties of the N-terminal truncation (Δ exon 1) variant of estrogen receptor α in the rat.

scientific article published on 4 July 2015

Characterization of voltage-gated calcium currents in gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons tagged with green fluorescent protein in rats

scientific article published on 13 August 2003

Cloning and functional analysis of promoters of three GnRH genes in a cichlid

scientific article

Complex organization of the 5′-untranslated region of the mouse estrogen receptor α gene: Identification of numerous mRNA transcripts with distinct 5′-ends

scientific article published on March 21, 2011

Development and differentiation of gonadotropin hormone-releasing hormone neuronal systems and testes in the Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica).

scientific article published in June 1999

Developmental effect of testosterone on estrogen sensitivity of the rat preoptic neurons with axons to the ventral tegmental area

scientific article published in May 1993

Diametrically opposite effects of estrogen on the excitability of female rat medial and lateral preoptic neurons with axons to the midbrain locomotor region

scientific article published on 01 March 1995

Differential regulation of estrogen-dependent sexual development of rat brain by growth factors

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Differential regulation of female rat olfactory preference and copulatory pacing by the lateral septum and medial preoptic area

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Dihydrotestosterone-sensitive neurons in the male rat ventromedial hypothalamus

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Effects of estrogen and aminergic drugs on thresholds of medial basal hypothalamic axons in the median eminence of the rat

scientific article published on August 11, 1978

Effects of gonadal steroids on the magnocellular neurosecretory cells of the paraventricular nucleus in the male rat

Electromyography of Male Rat Perineal Musculature during Copulatory Behavior

Electrophysiologic determination of projections from ventromedial hypothalamus to midbrain central gray: differences between female and male rats

scientific article published in November 1981

Electrophysiological approach for the identification of the hypophysiotrophic lutenizing hormone releasing hormone neurons

Estradiol-sensitive projection neurons in the female rat preoptic area

scientific article

Estrogen alleviates cognitive dysfunction following transient brain ischemia in ovariectomized gerbils

scientific article published in November 1997

Estrogen configures sexual dimorphism in the preoptic area of C57BL/6J and ddN strains of mice

scientific article published in September 2010

Estrogen excites oxytocinergic, but not vasopressinergic cells in the paraventricular nucleus of female rat hypothalamus

scientific article published in June 1985

Estrogen receptor alpha, but not beta, is expressed in the interneurons of the hippocampus in prepubertal rats: an in situ hybridization study

scientific article published in April 2000

Estrogen receptor {alpha} gene promoter 0/B usage in the rat sexually dimorphic nucleus of the preoptic area

scientific article published on 25 February 2010

Estrogen-Induced Changes in the Neural Impulse Flow from the Female Rat Preoptic Region

article published in 1994

Estrogen-excitable forebrain projections to the ventral premammillary nucleus of the female rat.

scientific article published in March 1997

Estrogen-induced suppression of female rat forebrain neurons with axons to ventral midbrain

scientific article published on November 1990

Exogenous estrogen acts differently on production of estrogen receptor in the preoptic area and the mediobasal hypothalamic nuclei in the newborn rat.

scientific article published in July 1996

Expressional regulation of neuronal and cancer-related genes by estrogen in adult female rats

scientific journal article

FSH and LH-beta subunits in the preoptic nucleus: ontogenic expression in teleost

scientific article published in July 2003

GABAA receptors mediate excitation in adult rat GnRH neurons

scientific article

Gene structures, biochemical characterization and distribution of rat melatonin receptors

scientific article published on 6 December 2008

Ghrelin gene in cichlid fish is modulated by sex and development

scientific article published on May 2003

GnRH inhibits neuronal activity in the ventral tegmental area of the estrogen-primed ovariectomized rat.

scientific article published in May 1997

Gonadal steroid action and brain sex differentiation in the rat.

scientific article published on March 2009

High expression of the R-type voltage-gated Ca2+ channel and its involvement in Ca2+-dependent gonadotropin-releasing hormone release in GT1-7 cells

scientific article published on 21 January 2004

Human C-terminally truncated ERα variants resulting from the use of alternative exons in the ligand-binding domain.

scientific article published on 30 January 2016

Identification of C-terminally and N-terminally truncated estrogen receptor α variants in the mouse.

scientific article

Identification of novel splicing events and post-transcriptional regulation of human estrogen receptor α F isoforms

scientific article published on 10 December 2010

Immunoneutralization of gonadotropin-releasing hormone type-III suppresses male reproductive behavior of cichlids

scientific article published on 19 June 2006

In situ hybridization for two differentially expressed GnRH genes following estrogen and triiodothyronine treatment in the brains of juvenile tilapia (cichlid).

scientific article

In vivo visualization of estrogen receptor alpha gene promoter activity

scientific article published in June 2006

Induction of Fos immunoreactivity in oxytocin neurons in the paraventricular nucleus after female odor exposure in male rats: effects of sexual experience

scientific article published in April 2004

Interruption of the lordosis reflex of female rats by ventral midbrain stimulation

scientific article published in November 1991

Kallmann syndrome: A failure of GnRH neuronal migration

scientific article published on 01 August 1999

Laser-captured single digoxigenin-labeled neurons of gonadotropin-releasing hormone types reveal a novel G protein-coupled receptor (Gpr54) during maturation in cichlid fish

scientific article published on 20 May 2004

Leumorphin, a novel opioid peptide, promotes lordosis in female rats

scientific article published in March 1987

Ligand-dependent transcriptional enhancement by DNA curvature between two half motifs of the estrogen response element in the human estrogen receptor alpha gene

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Localization of curved DNA and its association with nucleosome phasing in the promoter region of the human estrogen receptor α gene

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Localization of the three GnRH types and GnRH receptors in the brain of a cichlid fish: Insights into their neuroendocrine and neuromodulator functions

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Mechanisms of Behaviors Related to Reproduction

Modulation of GnRH subtypes by social stress and aggressive behavior

scientific article published in 2003

Nerve growth factor-mediated sexual differentiation of the rat hypothalamus

scientific article published on 01 December 1988

Neural interaction between galanin-like peptide (GALP)- and luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH)-containing neurons

scientific article published on 21 June 2006

Neural substrates for sexual preference and motivation in the female and male rat.

scientific article published on January 2008

Neuronal activity in female rat preoptic area associated with sexually motivated behavior

scientific article published on 01 April 2000

Neuronal activity in the female rat preoptic area associated with sexual motivation and consummation

Neuronal responses in the nucleus accumbens shell during sexual behavior in male rats.

scientific article

Neurons synthesizing gonadotropin-releasing hormone mRNA subtypes have multiple developmental origins in the medaka

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Nonmammalian gonadotropin-releasing hormone molecules in the brain of promoter transgenic rats

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Novel splicing events and post-transcriptional regulation of human estrogen receptor α E isoforms

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Olfactory preference in the male rat depends on multiple chemosensory inputs converging on the preoptic area

scientific article published on 20 November 2010

Oxytocin is indispensable for conspecific-odor preference and controls the initiation of female, but not male, sexual behavior in mice

scientific article published on 28 November 2018

Oxytocin-gaze positive loop and the coevolution of human-dog bonds

scientific article (publication date: 16 April 2015)

Possible involvement of preoptic estrogen receptor beta positive cells in luteinizing hormone surge in the rat.

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Purinergic regulation of intracellular Ca2+ concentration of rat pituitary folliculo-stellate cells in primary culture

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Quantitative in situ hybridization of three gonadotropin-releasing hormone-encoding mRNAs in castrated and progesterone-treated male tilapia

scientific article published in December 1998

Rat GnRH neurons exhibit large conductance voltage- and Ca2+-Activated K+ (BK) currents and express BK channel mRNAs

scientific article published on 8 January 2008

Sensory requirements for noncontact penile erection in the rat.

scientific article published in October 1999

Sex and region-specific regulation of oestrogen receptor beta in the rat hypothalamus

scientific journal article

Sex difference in the expression and regulation of nitric oxide synthase gene in the rat preoptic area

scientific article

Sex differences in the brain of goldfish: gonadotropin-releasing hormone and vasotocinergic neurons

scientific article published in January 2001

Sex steroids and the establishment of the sexually dimorphic nucleus of the preoptic area

Sex-specific effects of gonadal steroids on conspecific odor preference in the rat.

scientific article

Sexual maturation modulates expression of nuclear receptor types in laser-captured single cells of the cichlid (Oreochromis niloticus) pituitary

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Sexually dimorphic expression of estrogen receptor beta in the anteroventral periventricular nucleus of the rat preoptic area: implication in luteinizing hormone surge

scientific article

Sexually dimorphic modulation of GABA(A) receptor currents by melatonin in rat gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons

scientific article published on 7 October 2008

Similar numbers of neurons are generated in the male and female rat preoptic area in utero

scientific article published on 9 June 2010

Single-cell real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction of immunofluorescently identified neurons of gonadotropin-releasing hormone subtypes in cichlid fish

scientific article published in August 2003

Site-specific regulation of gene expression by estrogen in the hypothalamus of adult female rats

scientific article

Somatostatin inhibition of GnRH neuronal activity and the morphological relationship between GnRH and somatostatin neurons in rats

scientific article published on 6 December 2011

Spatio-temporal expression of gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor subtypes in gonadotropes, somatotropes and lactotropes in the cichlid fish

scientific article published in August 2002

Stria terminalis conveys a facilitatory estrogen effect on female rat lordosis reflex

scientific article published on 01 January 1995

Suppression of the lordosis reflex of female rats by efferents of the medial preoptic area

scientific article published in May 1993

Testosterone differentially regulates expression of GnRH messenger RNAs in the terminal nerve, preoptic and midbrain of male tilapia

scientific article published in September 1998

The SK channel blocker apamin inhibits slow afterhyperpolarization currents in rat gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurones

scientific article published on 20 April 2006

The effect of GHRP-6 on the intracellular Na+ concentration of rat pituitary cells in primary culture

scientific article published in October 1999

The medial amygdala controls the coital access of female rats: a possible involvement of emotional responsiveness

scientific article published in December 2005

The olfactory organ modulates gonadotropin-releasing hormone types and nest-building behavior in the tilapia Oreochromis niloticus

scientific article published in October 2005

The role of excitatory action of GABA in adult GnRH neurons

Three GnRH receptor types in laser-captured single cells of the cichlid pituitary display cellular and functional heterogeneity

scientific article

Thyroid hormone and estrogen regulate brain region-specific messenger ribonucleic acids encoding three gonadotropin-releasing hormone genes in sexually immature male fish, Oreochromis niloticus

scientific article published on 01 May 2000

Transient transcription of the somatostatin gene at the time of estrogen-dependent organization of the sexually dimorphic nucleus of the rat preoptic area

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Two distinct populations of neurons expressing nitric oxide synthase mRNA in the female rat preoptic area: site specific changes induced by sex steroids

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Visualizing forebrain-specific usage of an estrogen receptor alpha promoter for receptor downregulation in the rat.

scientific article published in September 2005

Voltage-gated Ca2+ channel mRNAs and T-type Ca2+ currents in rat gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons

article published in 2010