Lordosis-enhancing medial preoptic area lesions do not alter hypothalamic estrogen receptor- or progestin receptor-immunoreactivity in prepubertal female guinea pigs

Brain Research

Volumn 790, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 254-263

  Olster, Deborah H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen receptor; Lordosis; Medial preoptic area; Progestin receptor; Puberty

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LORDOSIS; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DENSITY;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; CROSS REACTIONS; DENERVATION; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OVARIECTOMY; POSTURE; PREOPTIC AREA; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 0032550196     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00068-7     Document Type: Article

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