Effects of Repeated Administration of Estradiol Benzoate on Tubero‐Infundibular GABAergic Activity in Male Rats
- 1 April 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Neurochemistry
- Vol. 44 (4), 1217-1220
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-4159.1985.tb08746.x
Abstract
Repeated (once a day for 8 days) but not single adminstration of estradiol benzoate (10 .mu.g/kg, s.c.) induced a 7-fold increase in anterior pituitary GABA concentration in male rats. GABA concentration also increased in the median eminence whereas no changes or decreases were observed in other brain regions including hypothalamic arcuate nucleus, lateral septum, hippocampus, caudate nucleus, and substantia nigra. Eight-day estradiol benzoate injection also enhanced the Vmax of median eminence glutamate decarboxylase activity without affecting the Km of the enzyme for glutamic acid. These results suggest that repeated administration of estradiol benzoate increases the activity of the tubero-infundibular GABAergic system in male rats.Keywords
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