Immunocytochemical localization of nuclear estrogen receptors and progestin receptors within the rat dorsal raphe nucleus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 391, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 322-334

  Alves, Stephen E ^a   Weiland, Nancy G ^a   Hayashi, Shinji ^b   Mcewen, Bruce S ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Astroglia; Macaque; Serotonin; Species difference; Tryptophan hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

ACROLEIN; CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; PARAFORMALDEHYDE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; GONADECTOMY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; SEROTONIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032536541     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980216)391:3<322::AID-CNE3>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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