Regulation of cholecystokinin receptors in the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus: Sex steroid hormone effects

Brain Research

Volumn 712, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 335-339

  Popper, Paul ^a   Priest, Catherine A ^a,b   Micevych, Paul E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CCK(B) R; estrogen; receptor autoradiography; sex difference; testosterone; VMH

Indexed keywords

CHOLECYSTOKININ RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONADECTOMY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; SEX DIFFERENCE; ZONA INCERTA;

EID: 0030003510     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)01561-2     Document Type: Article

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