Estrogen-induced alteration of μ-opioid receptor immunoreactivity in the medial preoptic nucleus and medial amygdala

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 3967-3976

  Eckersell, Clair B ^a,b   Popper, Paul ^a,b   Micevych, Paul E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

G protein coupled receptors; Hypothalamus; Neurochemistry of reproduction; Opioid peptides; Receptor internalization; Steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTROGEN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; NALTREXONE; OPIATE ANTAGONIST;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LASER MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR DENSITY;

EID: 0032525247     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-10-03967.1998     Document Type: Article

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