PHASIC SYNAPTIC INCORPORATION OF GLUR2-LACKING AMPA RECEPTORS AT GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE NEURONS IS INVOLVED IN THE GENERATION OF THE LUTEINIZING HORMONE SURGE IN FEMALE RATS
PHASIC SYNAPTIC INCORPORATION OF GLUR2-LACKING AMPA RECEPTORS AT GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE NEURONS IS INVOLVED IN THE GENERATION OF THE LUTEINIZING HORMONE SURGE IN FEMALE RATS
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DOI:
10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.06.040
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发表时间:
2013-09-17
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3.3
通讯作者:
Takahashi, T.
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作者:
Tada, H.;Kuroki, Y.;Takahashi, T.
Reproductive success depends on a robust and appropriately timed preovulatory luteinizing hormone (LH) surge, which is induced by the activation of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons in response to positive feedback from increasing estrogen levels. Here we document an increase in postsynaptic GluR2-lacking Ca2+-permeable AMPA-type glutamate receptors (CP-AMPARs) at synapses on GnRH neurons on the day of proestrus in rats, coincident with the increase in estrogen levels. Functional blockade of CP-AMPARs depressed the synaptic responses only on the day of proestrus and concomitantly attenuated the LH surge. Thus, the phasic synaptic incorporation of postsynaptic CP-AMPARs on GnRH neurons is involved in the generation of the LH surge. (C) 2013 IBRO. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.