EXPRESSION OF C-FOS PROTEIN BY N-METHYL-D-ASPARTIC ACID IN HYPOTHALAMUS OF IMMATURE FEMALE RATS - BLOCKADE BY MK-801 OR NEONATAL TREATMENT WITH MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE

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作者
MACDONALD, MC
ROBERTSON, HA
WILKINSON, M
机构
[1] DALHOUSIE UNIV,FAC MED,DEPT OBSTET & GYNECOL,ROOM 5H1,SIR CHARLES TUPPER MED BLDG,HALIFAX B3H 4H7,NS,CANADA
[2] DALHOUSIE UNIV,DEPT PHARMACOL,HALIFAX B3H 4H7,NS,CANADA
[3] DALHOUSIE UNIV,DEPT PHYSIOL & BIOPHYS,HALIFAX B3H 4H7,NS,CANADA
来源
DEVELOPMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH | 1990年 / 56卷 / 02期
关键词
2-Amino-5-phosphonovalerate; Arcuate nucleus; MK-801; Monosodium glutamate; N-Methyl-d-aspartic acid;
D O I
10.1016/0165-3806(90)90096-H
中图分类号
Q [生物科学];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Significant NMDA-induced cellular activity in the median eminence-arcuate region of immature female rats was immunocytochemically localized via c-fos protein-like immunoreactivity. The production of this protein was completely prevented by pre-injection of MK-801 or APV, antagonists of the NMDA receptor-coupled ion channel. Treatment of newborn rats with monosodium glutamate (MSG), which destroys glutamate-sensitive neurons, significantly attenuated NMDA-induced c-fos when tested in the peripubertal period. These results implicate NMDA receptors in the expression of c-fos protein-like immunoreactivity in cells of the arcuate nucleus-median eminence of immature female rats. © 1990.
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页码:294 / 297
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