Regulation of neuronal nitric oxide synthase mRNA in lordosis-relevant neurons of the ventromedial hypothalamus following short-term estrogen treatment

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 105-108

  Rachman, Ilya M ^a   Unnerstall, James R ^a   Pfaff, Donald W ^b   Cohen, Rochelle S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen; In situ hybridization; mRNA; Neuronal nitric oxide synthase; Ventromedial hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME REGULATION; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LORDOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ZONA INCERTA;

ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; ISOENZYMES; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OVARIECTOMY; POSTURE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032528872     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(98)00131-4     Document Type: Article

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