Ovarian steroid regulation of estrogen and progesterone receptor messenger ribonucleic acid in the anteroventral periventricular nucleus of the rat

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-56

  Simerly, R B ^a,b   Carr, A M ^a   Zee, M C ^a   Lorang, D ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonadotropin secretion; Hypothalamus; In situ hybridization; Preoptic region; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; STEROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; METESTRUS; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; RAT;

ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; OVARY; PREOPTIC AREA; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; RNA, MESSENGER; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0030071121     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.1996.tb00685.x     Document Type: Article

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