Effects of prenatal exposure to diethylstilbestrol on the sympathetic nervous system in the rat ovary

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 255, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 123-126

  Shinohara, Yuko ^a   Matsumoto, Akira ^b   Mori, Takao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diethylstilbestrol; Female offspring; Immunohistochemistry; Ovarian sympathetic nerve; Prenatal administration; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FETUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFERENCE VALUES; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0032561479     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00681-8     Document Type: Article

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