Estrogen reduces cholecystokinin-induced c-Fos expression in the rat brain

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 384-391

  Flanagan Cato, Loretta M ^a   King, Jennifer L ^a   Blechman, Jason G ^a   O'Brien, Meagan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

c Fos; Cholecystokinin; Food intake; Gonadal steroids; Immunocytochemistry; Paraventricular nucleus; Vagus

Indexed keywords

CHOLECYSTOKININ; ESTRADIOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHOLECYSTOKININ; EATING; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0031813701     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000054337     Document Type: Article

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