Induction of progestin receptors by estradiol in the forebrain of estrogen receptor-α gene-disrupted mice

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 9556-9563

  Moffatt, C A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Estrogen receptors; Ovariectomy; Progesterone; Progestin receptors; Ventromedial hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ZONA INCERTA;

EID: 0032533295     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-22-09556.1998     Document Type: Article

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