Estradiol regulation ofnitric oxide synthase mRNAs in rat hypothalamus

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 357-363

  Ceccatelli, Sandra ^a,b   Grandison, Lindsey ^a   Scott, Roderick E M ^a   Pfaff, Donald W ^a   Kow, Lee Ming ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

In situ hybridization; Nitric oxide; Sex steroids; Ventromedial nucleus

Indexed keywords

CELL ENZYME; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MACROPHAGE; NERVE CELL; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RNA PROBE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STUDY; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS, MIDDLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0029861309     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000127139     Document Type: Article

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