Effects of estrogen on the expression of connexin32 and connexin43 mRNAs in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of female rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 286, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 107-110

  Shinohara, Kazuyuki ^a   Funabashi, Toshiya ^a   Mitushima, Dai ^a   Kimura, Fukuko ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Connexin32; Connexin43; Estrogen; Gap junction; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 32; CONNEXIN 43; ESTRADIOL; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0034595951     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)01102-2     Document Type: Article

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