Mating-activated nitric oxide-producing neurons in specific brain regions in the female rat

Brain Research

Volumn 950, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 79-87

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

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

Author keywords

Estrogen receptor; Fos; Hypothalamus; Mating; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; NITRIC OXIDE; PROTEIN FOS; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HYPOTHALAMUS; NERVE CELL; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; MALE; NADP; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 0037144215     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(02)03004-4     Document Type: Article

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