Articles by author - Berta Szwarcfarb

Evidence to suggest glutamic acid involvement in Bisphenol A effect at the hypothalamic level in prepubertal male rats.

Cardoso N, Pandolfi M, Ponzo O, Carbone S, Szwarcfarb B, Scacchi P, Reynoso R.

Journal Article 2010; 31(4): 512-516 PubMed PMID: 20802452  Keywords:  Animals, Benzhydryl Compounds, Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid, Female, Follicle Stimulating Hormone:blood, Glutamic Acid:metabolism, Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone:metabolism, Hypothalamus:drug effects, Luteinizing Hormone:blood, Male, Phenols:pharm.    Citation

OBJECTIVES: The aim of present paper was to study the probable role of glutamic acid (GLU) as a mediator of bisphenol A (BPA) effect at th.....

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Hypothalamic nitric oxide synthase activity during sexual maturation in female rats. Effects of estrogens.

Reynoso R, Mohn C, Szwarcfarb B, Ponzo O, Carbone S, Scacchi P, Moguilevsky J.

Journal Article 2004; 25(3): 219-222 PubMed PMID: 15349089  Keywords:  Animals, Estradiol:pharmacology, Female, Hypothalamus:enzymology, Rats, Rats, Wistar, Sexual Maturation:physiology, Synaptic Transmission:drug effects,.    Citation

OBJECTIVES: To determine the hypothalamic activity of nitric oxide synthase (NOS, the enzyme involved in the synthesis of nitric oxide NO).....

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Effects of gabaergic and serotoninergic systems on hypothalamic content of catecholamines during sexual development in female rats.

Rondina D, Ponzo O, Szwarcfarb B, Carbone S, Scacchi P, Moguilevsky J.

Journal Article 2003; 24(1-2): 46-49 PubMed PMID: 12743531  Keywords:  Animals, Baclofen:pharmacology, Catecholamines:metabolism, Dopamine:metabolism, Female, GABA Agonists:pharmacology, Hypothalamus:growth & development, Muscimol:pharmacology, Norepinephrine:metabolism, Rats, Rats, Wistar, Receptors, GABA-A:drug effects, Re.    Citation

OBJECTIVES: The aim of the present investigation was to determine whether the catecholaminergic system is involved in gabaergic and seroto.....

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Changes in the effect of testosterone on hypothalamic nitric oxide synthetase during sexual maturation. Its relationship with GnRH release.

Reynoso R, Mohn C, Retory V, Szwarcfarb B, Carbone S, Rondina D, Moguilevsky J.

Journal Article 2002; 23(2): 101-104 PubMed PMID: 12011793  Keywords:  Animals, Enzyme Activation:drug effects, Gonadal Steroid Hormones:pharmacology, Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone:metabolism, Male, Nitric Oxide:metabolism, Nitric Oxide Synthase:metabolism, Preoptic Area:drug effects, Rats, Sexual Maturation:physiology, Tes.    Citation

OBJECTIVES: To determine the effect of testosterone administration to prepubertal (15 days old) and peripubertal rats (30 days old) on hyp.....

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Changes in the sensitivity of gonadotrophin axis to leptin during sexual maturation in female rats.

Ponzo O, Szwarcfarb B, Rondina D, Carbone S, Reynoso R, Scacchi P, Moguilevsky J.

Journal Article 2001; 22(6): 427-431 PubMed PMID: 11781539  Keywords:  Animals, Female, Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone:metabolism, Hypothalamus:metabolism, Leptin:pharmacology, Luteinizing Hormone:blood, Pituitary Gland:metabolism, Rats, Sexual Maturation:drug effects,.    Citation

OBJECTIVES: The aim of the present paper was to determine the sensitivity of the GnRH-LH axis to leptin administration during sexual matur.....

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