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ArticleThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience2012

Fast scan cyclic voltammetry as a novel method for detection of real-time gonadotropin-releasing hormone release in mouse brain slices.

Katarzyna M Glanowska, B Jill Venton, Suzanne M Moenter

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Article in The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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36citing papers in PubMed
4.8field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 61 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Altered Electrophysiology and Transcriptome of GnRH Neurons in Middle-Aged Female Mice.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025
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  8. Estrogens and the circadian system.Seminars in cell & developmental biology · 2022
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  11. Sexually Dimorphic Neurosteroid Synthesis Regulates Neuronal Activity in the Murine Brain.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2021
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  15. Dopamine Release Dynamics in the Tuberoinfundibular Dopamine System.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Katarzyna M GlanowskaNeuroscience Graduate Program, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA.
B Jill Venton
Suzanne M Moenter
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor · USUniversity of Virginia · US

Funding

Cellular and Molecular bases for rhythmic GnRH releaseR01HD034860 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE · PI MOENTER, SUZANNE M · 2002 to 2016
$4.8M
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD034860NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD34860
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pulsatile gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) release is critical for the central regulation of fertility. There is no method allowing real-time GnRH detection in brain slices. We developed fast-scan cyclic voltammetry (FSCV) using carbon-fiber microelectrodes (CFME) to detect GnRH release and validated it using a biologically relevant system. FSCV parameters (holding potential, switching potential, and scan rate) were determined for stable GnRH detection in vitro, then optimized for GnRH detection in mouse brain slices. Placement of CFMEs in the median eminence (ME) near GnRH terminals allowed detection of both KCl-evoked and spontaneous GnRH release. GnRH release was also detected from GnRH fibers passing near GnRH soma and near fiber-fiber appositions in the preoptic area. No GnRH signal was detected from CFMEs in the ME of hpg mice, which lack GnRH, or in regions not containing GnRH neurons in wild-type mice; application of exogenous GnRH produced a signal similar to that observed for spontaneous/evoked endogenous GnRH release. Using an established mouse model that produces diurnal variations in GnRH neuron activity, we demonstrated corresponding changes in spontaneous GnRH release in the median eminence. These results validate FSCV to detect GnRH in brain slices and provide new information on the sites and amounts of GnRH release, providing insight into its neuromodulatory functions.

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Computer SystemsMicroelectrodesAnimalsBrainCircadian RhythmElectrochemical TechniquesFemaleGenetic VariationGonadotropin-Releasing HormoneMedian EminenceMiceMice, TransgenicOrgan Culture TechniquesTime FactorsGonadotropin-Releasing Hormone

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PMID23077052
PMCPMC3492948
OpenAlexW1978487602

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