Differential distribution and regulation of estrogen receptor-α and -β mRNA within the female rat brain

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 175-180

  Österlund, Marie ^a   G j m Kuiper, George ^a   Gustafsson, Jan Åke ^a   Hurd, Yasmin L ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

17 estradiol; Amygdala; Hypothalamus; In situ hybridization; Steroid hormone

Indexed keywords

BRAIN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ZONA INCERTA;

ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BRAIN MAPPING; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RNA, MESSENGER;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0031910162     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(97)00351-3     Document Type: Article

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