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11738808

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-12-12
pubmed:abstractText
Recent advances in the use of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) promoter-driven transgenics in the mouse are beginning to open up the once elusive GnRH neuronal phenotype to detailed molecular and cellular investigation. This review highlights progress in the development of GnRH promoter transgenic constructs and the understanding of murine gene sequences required for the correct temporal and spatial targeting of transgenes to the GnRH phenotype in vivo. Strategies enabling the identification of single, living GnRH neurons in the acute brain slice preparation are allowing gene profiling and electrophysiological experiments to be undertaken. Results so far indicate that, like other neurons, GnRH cells express a variety of sodium, potassium and calcium channels as well as GABAergic and glutamatergic receptors which are responsible for determining the membrane properties and firing characteristics of the GnRH neuron. Many of these receptors and channels appear to be expressed heterogeneously within the GnRH phenotype. Furthermore, several display distinct postnatal developmental expression profiles which are likely to be of consequence to the development of synchronized, pulsatile GnRH secretion in the adult animal.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0303-7207
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
20
pubmed:volume
185
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
185-94
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Molecular and cellular properties of GnRH neurons revealed through transgenics in the mouse.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, The Babraham Institute, Cambridge CB2 4AT, UK. allan.herbison@bbsrc.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't