Sex difference in glucocorticoid regulation of vasopressin mRNA in the paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 671-686

  Ferrini, Monica G ^a,b   Grillo, Claudia A ^a,b   Piroli, Gerardo ^a,b   De Kloet, E Ronald ^c   De Nicola, Alejandro F ^a,d  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d INST DE BIOL Y MED EXPERIMENTAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Estrogens; In situ hybridization; Paraventricular nucleus; Sexual dimorphism; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; MESSENGER RNA; SEX HORMONE; VASOPRESSIN;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; VASOPRESSIN RELEASE;

ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; MALE; OVARIECTOMY; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0031470862     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022538120627     Document Type: Article

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