Molecular activation of noradrenergic neurons in the rabbit brainstem after coitus

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 222-231

  Caba, Mario ^a,c   Bao, Jianzhong ^a   Pau, K Y Francis ^a   Spies, Harold G ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Inst Invest Biol Univ V   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Brainstem; C fos; Coitus; Dopamine hydroxylase; GnRH; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; GONADORELIN; PROTEIN C FOS; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CELL ACTIVATION; COITUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RABBIT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; COPULATION; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; ENZYME INDUCTION; FEMALE; GENES, FOS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NEURONS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RABBITS; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VASECTOMY;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0034608113     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(00)00055-3     Document Type: Article

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