Changes in hypothalamic estrogen receptor-containing cell numbers in response to feed restriction in the female lamb

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 430-437

  Hileman, Stanley M ^a,c   Lubbers, Laura S ^b   Jansen, Heiko T ^d   Lehman, Michael N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Food intake; Gonadal steroid receptors; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LAMB; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRIA TERMINALIS; ZONA INCERTA;

EID: 0032984489     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000054446     Document Type: Article

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