Identification and characterization of estrogen receptor α-containing neurons projecting to the vicinity of the gonadotropin-releasing hormone perikarya in the rostral preoptic area of the rat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 411, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 346-358

  Simonian, Sharon X ^a   Spratt, David P ^a   Herbison, Allan E ^a  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endorphin; Arcuate nucleus; Dopamine; Luteinizing hormone releasing hormone; Neuropeptide Y; Norepinephrine

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GONADORELIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PERIKARYON; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; BETA-ENDORPHIN; BRAIN STEM; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NOREPINEPHRINE; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0033598168     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990823)411:2<346::AID-CNE13>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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