Estrogen regulates GFAP-expression in specific subnuclei of the female rat interpeduncular nucleus: A potential role for estrogen receptor β

Brain Research

Volumn 958, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 488-496

  Zsarnovszky, Attila ^a   Smith, Todd ^b   Hajos, Ferenc ^c   Belcher, Scott M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AR Cancer Res Ctr Part Res Prog   (United States)

^c SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Estrogen; Estrogen receptor beta; Glia, glial fibrillary acidic protein; Immunohistochemistry; Interpeduncular nucleus

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DENSITY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERPEDUNCULAR NUCLEUS; MACROGLIA; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT;

ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MESENCEPHALON; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN;

EID: 0037184712     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(02)03771-X     Document Type: Article

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