Immunocytochemical analysis of sex differences in calcitonin gene- related peptide in the rat dorsal root ganglion, with special reference to estrogen and its receptor

Brain Research

Volumn 791, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 35-42

  Yang, Yimu ^a   Ozawa, Hitoshi ^a   Lu, Haiping ^a   Yuri, Kazunari ^a   Hayashi, Shinji ^b   Nihonyanagi, Kenji ^a   Kawata, Mitsuhiro ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Metropol Inst N   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcitonin gene related peptide; Dorsal root ganglion; Estrogen; Estrogen receptor; Ovariectomy; Sexual difference

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINAL GANGLION;

ANIMALS; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN;

EID: 0032571735     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00021-3     Document Type: Article

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