Ovarian steroid regulation of tryptophan hydroxylase mRNA expression in rhesus macaques

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 7021-7029

  Pecins Thompson, Melanie ^b   Brown, Nancy A ^b   Kohama, Steven G ^b   Bethea, Cynthia L ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

dorsal raphe; estrogen; monkey; progesterone; serotonin; tryptophan hydroxylase mRNA

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROLACTIN; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HORMONAL REGULATION; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0029916026     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-21-07021.1996     Document Type: Article

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