Induction of CCK mRNA levels in the limbic-hypothalamic circuit: Time course and site-specific effects of estrogen

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 465-479

  Micevych, Paul ^a   Eckersell, Clair B ^a   Holland, Krista ^a   Smith, Akemi ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

CCK mRNA; estradiol gene regulation; limbic hypothalamic circuit; medial amygdala; medial preoptic nucleus; site specific estradiol effects

Indexed keywords

CHOLECYSTOKININ; ESTRADIOL; MESSENGER RNA;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIMBIC CORTEX; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; RAT; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; CHOLECYSTOKININ; DRUG IMPLANTS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIMBIC SYSTEM; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030017303     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(199608)30:4<465::AID-NEU3>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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