Acetylcholine rhythm in the preoptic area of the rat hypothalamus is synchronized with the estrous cycle

Brain Research

Volumn 383, Issue 1-2, 1986, Pages 310-313

  Egozi, Yaakov ^a   Kloog, Yoel ^a   Sokolovsky, Mordechai ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine rhythm; Critical period; Estrous cycle; Pentobarbital; Sex dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE BRAIN LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ESTRUS; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMAL; ESTRUS; FEMALE; OVULATION; PENTOBARBITAL; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0022972596     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(86)90030-2     Document Type: Article

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