Age-related changes in estrogen receptor β in rat hypothalamus: A quantitative analysis

Endocrinology

Volumn 144, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 4164-4171

  Chakraborty, Tandra R ^a   Ng, Laurie ^a   Gore, Andrea C ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; NR1 NMDA RECEPTOR;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REPRODUCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEREOLOGY; STRIA TERMINALIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; OVARIECTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; NEURONS; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SEPTAL NUCLEI;

EID: 0041920573     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2003-0052     Document Type: Article

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