Ovine fetal estrogen sulfotransferase in brain regions important for hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis control

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 237-242

  Purinton, Scott C ^a   Wood, Charles E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticotropin; Gonadal steroids paraventricular nucleus; Medulla; Parturition; Sheep; Tractus solitaris

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN SULFOTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; FETUS; FETUS CIRCULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; STEROID BINDING; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

EID: 0034111251     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000054541     Document Type: Article

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