Localization of estrogen-receptive neurons projecting to the GnRH neuron-containing rostral preoptic area of the ewe

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 228-236

  Goubillon, Marie Laure ^a   Delaleu, Bernadette ^b   Tillet, Yves ^b   Caraty, Alain ^b   Herbison, Allan E ^a  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

Author keywords

Arcuate nucleus; Ewe; Gonadal steroid receptor; Gonadal steroids; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Preoptic area; Ventromedial nucleus

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FLUOROGOLD; GONADORELIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MEDIAN EMINENCE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SHEEP; STRIA TERMINALIS; SYNAPSE; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PREOPTIC AREA; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SEPTAL NUCLEI; SHEEP; STILBAMIDINES; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0032840123     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000054481     Document Type: Article

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