Nitric oxide synthase in the guinea pig preoptic area and hypothalamus: Distribution, effect of estrogen, and colocalization with progesterone receptor

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 407, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 207-227

  Warembourg, Maryvonne ^a   Leroy, Daniele ^a   Jolivet, A ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Diencephalon; Histochemistry; Immunocytochemistry; NADPH diaphorase; NO; Steroids

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTROGEN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; STEROID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; GUINEA PIG; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; HYPOTHALAMIC AREA, LATERAL; HYPOTHALAMUS; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OVARIECTOMY; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE;

EID: 0033519203     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990503)407:2<207::AID-CNE5>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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