Distribution of estrogen receptor β mRNA-containing cells in ovariectomized and estrogen-treated female rat brain

Anatomical Science International

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 85-97

  Shima, Naoko ^a   Yamaguchi, Yoshihide ^a   Yuri, Kazunari ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Estrogen receptor; Estrogen receptor ; in situ hybridization; Steroid

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; DIGOXIGENIN; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; MESSENGER RNA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MEDIAL GENICULATE BODY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; RNA PROBE; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS; ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ESTRUS CYCLE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DOWN-REGULATION; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROGENS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; NEURONS; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RNA, MESSENGER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0041915552     PISSN: 14476959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0022-7722.2003.00042.x     Document Type: Article

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