Enlarging effects of estradiol on the nuclear volume of neurons in the hypothalamus during aging

Gerontology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 140-143

  Hsu, Chin ^a   Yang, Shaw Lang ^a   Hsieh, Ya Lun ^a   Lue, Seng I ^a   Hsu, Hseng Kuang ^a   Peng, Ming Tsung ^b  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anterior hypothalamic area; Arcuate nucleus; Estradiol; Neuronal nuclear volume; Sexual dimorphic nucleus of the preoptic area

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREOPTIC AREA; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STAINING;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; CELL NUCLEUS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NEURONS; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031922857     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000021997     Document Type: Article

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