Region-specific regulation of transforming growth factor α (TGFα) gene expression in astrocytes of the neuroendocrine brain

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 1994, Pages 5644-5651

  Ma, Ying Jun ^a,b   Berg Von Der Emde, Karin ^a   Moholt Siebert, Melissa ^a   Hill, Diane F ^a   Ojeda, Sergio R ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

astrocytes; estrogen receptor; hypothalamus; transforming growth factor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CYANOTHIOCAFFEIC ACID AMIDE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GONADORELIN; LIGAND; MESSENGER RNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; POLYPEPTIDE; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; TYRPHOSTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GONADORELIN RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIGAND BINDING; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION;

EID: 0027983492     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.14-09-05644.1994     Document Type: Article

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