Progesterone increases levels of μ-opioid receptor mRNA in the preoptic area and arcuate nucleus of ovariectomized, estradiol-treated female rats

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 32-37

  Petersen, S L ^a   Laflamme, K D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

opioid receptor; Estrogen; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Luteinizing hormone releasing hormone; Opioid; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; PREOPTIC AREA; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0030781070     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(97)00194-0     Document Type: Article

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