Differential expression of estrogen receptor mRNA and protein in the female rat preoptic area

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 239, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 81-84

  Pasterkamp, R Jeroen ^a,b   Yuri, Kazunari ^a   Morita, Noriyuki ^a   Kawata, Mitsuhiro ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Estrogen receptor; Immunohistochemistry; Medial preoptic area; Non isotopic in situ hybridization; Ovariectomy

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REPRODUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; OVARIECTOMY; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0031578960     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00888-4     Document Type: Article

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