Projections of the estrogen receptor-immunoreactive ventrolateral hypothalamus to other estrogen receptor-immunoreactive sites in female guinea pig brain

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-76

  Turcotte, Joanne C ^a   Blaustein, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonadal hormone receptors; Guinea pig; Lordosis; Periaqueductal gray; Sex behavior; Ventrolateral hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; LECTIN; TRACER;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HABENULA; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRIA TERMINALIS; THALAMUS MEDIALIS CENTRALIS NUCLEUS; ZONA INCERTA;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IONTOPHORESIS; MESENCEPHALON; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; PREOPTIC AREA; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033048603     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000054404     Document Type: Article

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