Response of ERα-IR and ERβ-IR cells in the forebrain of female rats to mating stimuli

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 444-453

  Gréco, Béatrice ^a,b   Blasberg, Meg E ^a   Kosinski, Eric C ^a   Blaustein, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

c Fos; ER ; ER ; Fos; Intromissions; Mating stimulation; Medial amygdala; Preoptic area; Sexual behavior; Triple label immunofluorescence; Vaginocervical stimulation

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN FOS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROTEIN C FOS;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MATING; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; COPULATION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINA;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CERVIX UTERI; COPULATION; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MALE; PREOPTIC AREA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; VAGINA;

EID: 0037871604     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0018-506X(03)00028-X     Document Type: Article

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