Estrogen receptor expression in brainstem noradrenergic neurons of the sheep

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 392-402

  Simonian, Sharon X ^a   Delaleu, Bernadette ^b   Caraty, Alain ^b   Herbison, Allan E ^a  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Catecholamines; Gonadal steroid receptors; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Nucleus of the solitary tract

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AREA POSTREMA; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BRAIN STEM; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICE; NEURONS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PONS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SHEEP; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031842088     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000054338     Document Type: Article

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