Estrogen and stress interact to regulate the hypothalamic expression of a human proenkephalin promoter-β-galactosidase fusion gene in a site-specific and sex-specific manner

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 317-326

  Priest, Catherine A ^a,d   Borsook, David ^b,c   Pfaff, Donald W ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Opioid; Paraventricular nucleus; Reproductive behavior; Sex difference; Transgenic mice; Ventromedial hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTROGEN; OPIATE; PROENKEPHALIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GONADECTOMY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RECOMBINANT GENE; REPORTER GENE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0030888655     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.1997.00589.x     Document Type: Article

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