Expression and neuropeptidergic characterization of estrogen receptors (ERα and ERβ) throughout the rat brain: Anatomical evidence of distinct roles of each subtype

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 357-378

  Laflamme, Nathalie ^a   Nappi, Rossella E ^a   Drolet, Guy ^a   Labrie, Claude ^a   Rivest, Serge ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corticotropin releasing factor; Enkephalin; Gastrin related peptide; Hypothalamus; Immunocytochemistry; In situ hybridization histochemistry; Luteinizing hormone releasing hormone; Ovulatory cycle; Oxytocin; Reproduction; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; ENKEPHALIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GONADORELIN; OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; STRIA TERMINALIS; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; COLCHICINE; DNA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; NEUROPEPTIDES; PLASMIDS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA PROBES; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0032487057     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(19980905)36:3<357::AID-NEU5>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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