Expression of estrogen receptor-beta protein and mRNA in the cerebellum of the rat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 288, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 115-118

  Price Jr , Richard H ^a,b   Handa, Robert J ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen receptor beta; Purkinje cell; Splice variant

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; MESSENGER RNA; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANULE CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CEREBELLUM; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0343569988     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)01221-0     Document Type: Article

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