An ovarian steroid hormone regimen that increases hypothalamic oxytocin expression alters [3H] muscimol binding in the hypothalamic supraoptic nucleus of the female rat

Brain Research

Volumn 857, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 279-282

  Amico, Janet A ^a,b,c   Davis, Aline M ^d   McCarthy, Margaret M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Gamma aminobutyric acid; Hypothalamus; Oxytocin; Progesterone; Supraoptic nucleus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; MESSENGER RNA; MUSCIMOL; OXYTOCIN; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CAPSULE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONAL THERAPY; HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; SHORT SURVEY; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

EID: 0033966257     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)02373-2     Document Type: Article

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