Estrogen potentiates N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor subunit R2B mRNA expression during the late prepubertal period in female rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 300, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 9-12

  Carré, Jean Luc ^a   Goetz, Brian D ^b   O'Connor, Lawrence T ^c   Bremer, Quentin ^d   Duncan, Ian D ^e  

^a FACULTÉ DE MÉDECINE ET DES SCIENCES DE LA SANTÉ   (France)

^b Esperion Therapeutics Inc   (United States)

^c WYETH AYERST RESEARCH   (United States)

^d Powderject Vaccines   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive RT PCR; Estrogen; Hypothalamus; N Methyl D aspartate receptor; Puberty

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTROGEN; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; SESAME SEED OIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEXUAL MATURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACIDS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 0035794053     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(01)01527-0     Document Type: Article

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