| Literature DB >> 18157692 |
J Luis Quintanar1, Eva Salinas.
Abstract
The presence of GnRH receptor in cerebral cortical neurons of rat embryos and adult rats has been described. In this work, we studied the effects of GnRH on outgrowth and length of neurites and cytoskeletal neurofilament proteins expression (NF-68 and NF-200 kDa) by immunoblot of cultured cerebral cortical neurons of rat embryos. Our results show that GnRH increases both outgrowth and length of neurites accompanied by an increase in neurofilaments expression. It is conceivable that GnRH plays a role in neuronal plasticity parallel to its gonadal function.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 18157692 DOI: 10.1007/s11064-007-9549-9
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neurochem Res ISSN: 0364-3190 Impact factor: 3.996