Search Results - "DeFazio, R. Anthony"
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A role for glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP)-expressing cells in the regulation of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) but not arcuate kisspeptin neuron output in male mice
Published in eLife (22-07-2021)“…GnRH neurons are the final central neural output regulating fertility. Kisspeptin neurons in the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus (KNDy neurons) are considered the…”
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Long-Term Recordings of Arcuate Nucleus Kisspeptin Neurons Reveal Patterned Activity That Is Modulated by Gonadal Steroids in Male Mice
Published in Endocrinology (Philadelphia) (01-10-2017)“…Pulsatile release of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) is key to fertility. Pulse frequency is modulated by gonadal steroids and likely arises subsequent…”
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GnRH neuron activity and pituitary response in estradiol-induced vs proestrous luteinizing hormone surges in female mice
Published in Endocrinology (Philadelphia) (01-02-2017)“…During the female reproductive cycle, estradiol exerts negative and positive feedback at both the central level to alter GnRH release and at the pituitary to…”
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Differential volatile signatures from skin, naevi and melanoma: a novel approach to detect a pathological process
Published in PloS one (04-11-2010)“…Early detection of melanoma is of great importance to reduce mortality. Discovering new melanoma biomarkers would improve early detection and diagnosis. Here,…”
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Changes in Both Neuron Intrinsic Properties and Neurotransmission Are Needed to Drive the Increase in GnRH Neuron Firing Rate during Estradiol-Positive Feedback
Published in The Journal of neuroscience (13-03-2019)“…Central output of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons controls fertility and is sculpted by sex-steroid feedback. A switch of estradiol action from…”
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Estradiol Enhances the Depolarizing Response to GABA and AMPA Synaptic Conductances in Arcuate Kisspeptin Neurons by Diminishing Voltage-Gated Potassium Currents
Published in The Journal of neuroscience (27-11-2019)“…Synaptic and intrinsic properties interact to sculpt neuronal output. Kisspeptin neurons in the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus help convey homeostatic estradiol…”
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Voltage-Gated Potassium Currents Are Targets of Diurnal Changes in Estradiol Feedback Regulation and Kisspeptin Action on Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neurons in Mice
Published in Biology of reproduction (01-11-2011)“…Estradiol has both negative and positive feedback actions upon gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) release; the latter actions trigger the preovulatory GnRH…”
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Reciprocal Changes in Voltage-Gated Potassium and Subthreshold Inward Currents Help Maintain Firing Dynamics of AVPV Kisspeptin Neurons during the Estrous Cycle
Published in eNeuro (01-09-2021)“…Abstract Kisspeptin-expressing neurons in the anteroventral-periventricular nucleus (AVPV) are part of a neural circuit generating the gonadotropin-releasing…”
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Firing patterns of gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons are sculpted by their biologic state
Published in Royal Society open science (01-08-2020)“…Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons form the final pathway for the central neuronal control of fertility. GnRH is released in pulses that vary in…”
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Activation of protein kinase C delta following cerebral ischemia leads to release of cytochrome C from the mitochondria via bad pathway
Published in PloS one (15-07-2011)“…The release of cytochrome c from the mitochondria following cerebral ischemia is a key event leading to cell death. The goal of the present study was to…”
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Estradiol-Sensitive Afferents Modulate Long-Term Episodic Firing Patterns of GnRH Neurons
Published in Endocrinology (Philadelphia) (01-06-2002)“…GnRH neurons comprise the final common pathway of an estrogen-sensitive pattern generator controlling fertility. To determine estradiol effects on GnRH neuron…”
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Estradiol Feedback Alters Potassium Currents and Firing Properties of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neurons
Published in Molecular endocrinology (Baltimore, Md.) (01-10-2002)“…GnRH neurons are regulated by estradiol feedback through unknown mechanisms. Voltage-gated potassium channels determine the pattern of activity and response to…”
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Development and prenatal exposure to androgens alter potassium currents in gonadotropin‐releasing hormone neurons from female mice
Published in Journal of neuroendocrinology (01-03-2024)“…Pulsatile gonadotropin‐releasing hormone (GnRH) release is critical for reproduction. Disruptions to GnRH secretion patterns may contribute to polycystic ovary…”
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The location of olfactory receptors within olfactory epithelium is independent of odorant volatility and solubility
Published in BMC research notes (06-05-2011)“…Our objective was to study the pattern of olfactory receptor expression within the dorsal and ventral regions of the mouse olfactory epithelium. We…”
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Metabolic Regulation of Fertility through Presynaptic and Postsynaptic Signaling to Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neurons
Published in The Journal of neuroscience (17-09-2003)“…Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons form the final common pathway for the central regulation of reproduction and are inhibited by negative energy…”
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Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neurons Generate Interacting Rhythms in Multiple Time Domains
Published in Endocrinology (Philadelphia) (01-03-2003)“…Pulsatile release of GnRH is prerequisite for fertility. The possibility that multiple rhythms interact to generate GnRH pulses was raised by observations of…”
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A targeted extracellular approach for recording long-term firing patterns of excitable cells: a practical guide
Published in Biological procedures online (2003)“…Excitable cells in many endocrine and neuronal systems display rhythms with periodicities on the order of many minutes. To observe firing patterns that…”
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Optoα1AR activation in astrocytes modulates basal hippocampal synaptic excitation and inhibition in a stimulation‐specific manner
Published in Hippocampus (01-12-2023)“…Astrocytes play active roles at synapses and can monitor, respond, and adapt to local synaptic activity. While there is abundant evidence that astrocytes…”
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Calcium Current Subtypes in GnRH Neurons
Published in Biology of reproduction (01-12-2003)“…Calcium plays roles in excitability, rhythm generation, and neurosecretion. Identifying channel subtypes that regulate calcium influx is thus important to…”
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Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) Neuron Potassium Currents and Excitability in Both Sexes Exhibit Minimal Changes upon Removal of Negative Feedback
Published in eNeuro (01-07-2021)“…Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) drives pituitary secretion of luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone, which in turn regulate gonadal…”
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