Estrogen increases arginine-vasopressin V1a receptor mRNA in the preoptic area of young but not of middle-aged female rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 285, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 205-208

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

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Arginine vasopressin; Estrogen; In situ hybridization; Luteinizing hormone surge; Preoptic area; Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; Vasopressin receptor mRNA

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; MESSENGER RNA; VASOPRESSIN V1 RECEPTOR; VASOPRESSIN V2 RECEPTOR;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0034685865     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)01069-7     Document Type: Article

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