Mating-activated brainstem catecholaminergic neurons in the female rat

Brain Research

Volumn 894, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 159-166

  Yang, Shu Ping ^a   Voogt, James L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Estrogen receptor; Fos; Mating; Norepinephrine

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; PHENYLETHANOLAMINE N METHYLTRANSFERASE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADRENERGIC NERVE CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CATECHOLAMINE NERVE CELL; CATECHOLAMINERGIC SYSTEM; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MATING; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; CELL COUNT; COPULATION; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MALE; NEURONS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0035896363     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(01)01990-4     Document Type: Article

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