Regulation of activin type-11 receptor mRNA levels in rat hypothalamus by estradiol in vivo

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 395-401

  Trudeau, V L ^a   Pope, L ^b   De Winter, J P ^c   Hache R J G ^b   Renaud, L P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Activin; Activin receptor; Estradiol; Hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; ACTIVIN RECEPTOR; BRAIN RECEPTOR; CELL RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEASE S1; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULTHOOD; AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; LACTATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR GENE;

ACTIVIN RECEPTORS; AMINO ACID ISOMERASES; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CYCLOSPORINS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; LACTATION; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PEPTIDYLPROLYL ISOMERASE; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RECEPTORS, GROWTH FACTOR; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTOSTERONE; WEANING;

EID: 0029936073     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.1996.04618.x     Document Type: Article

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