Differential expression of estrogen receptor alpha and beta in rat dorsal root ganglion neurons

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 603-615

  Taleghany, N ^a   Sarajari, S ^a   DonCarlos, L L ^b   Gollapudi, L ^a   Oblinger, Monica M ^a,c  

^a The Chicago Medical College   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

DRG cells; Estrogen; Gonadal steroids; Peripheral neurons; Sensory neurons; Steroid receptors

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENITAL SYSTEM; HINDLIMB; INNERVATION; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL GANGLION; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HINDLIMB; MALE; NEURONS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033199693     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19990901)57:5<603::AID-JNR3>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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