| Budget Amount *help |
¥5,070,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,170,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
To investigate the functional role of the excitatory action of GABA in the regulation of GnRH neurons in vivo, we generated transgenic mice with conditional overexpression of KCC2 restricted in GnRH neurons in a reversible manner using tetracycline controlled gene expression system. Female mice, which expressed KCC2 in GnRH neurons, showed abnormal estrous cyclicity, no ovulation and no pregnancy. The application of low dose muscimol, GABAA receptor agonist, inhibited spontaneous firing of GnRH neurons. These results suggested that the excitatory action of GABA increased the activity of GnRH neurons and have an important role in the regulation of female reproduction.
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