Sequential estrogen and progesterone (P) followed by P withdrawal increases the level of oxytocin messenger ribonucleic acid in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus of the male rat

Life Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 1615-1620

  Thomas, Abraham ^a   Amico, Janet A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

estrogen; gonadal steroid hormones; hypothalamus; oxytocin mRNA; paraventricular nucleus; progesterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; MESSENGER RNA; OXYTOCIN; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; TISSUE LEVEL;

EID: 0030003513     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0024-3205(96)00136-1     Document Type: Article

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