Estrogen induces axonal outgrowth in the nucleus retroambiguus- lumbosacral motoneuronal pathway in the adult female cat

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1122-1136

  VanderHorst, Veronique G J M ^a,b   Holstege, Gert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Anatomy ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

adductor longus; biceps femoris; cat; caudal medulla; estrogen; female; growth cone; hindlimb; iliopsoas; lordosis behavior; motoneuron; muscle; nucleus retroambiguus; pelvic floor; plasticity; semimembranosus; sex steroid; sexual behavior; spinal cord; sprouting; ventral horn; WGA HRP

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ;

ADOLESCENT; AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GROWTH CONE; HINDLIMB; ILIOPSOAS MUSCLE; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE SPROUTING; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED NUCLEUS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0031036771     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-03-01122.1997     Document Type: Article

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