Estrogen receptor-β, but not estrogen receptor-α, is expressed in prolactin neurons of the female rat paraventricular and supraoptic nuclei: Comparison with other neuropeptides

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 484, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 28-42

  Suzuki, Shotaro ^a,b   Handa, Robert J ^a  

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

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticotropin releasing hormone; Immunocytochemistry; Oxytocin; Prolactin; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; NEUROPEPTIDE; OXYTOCIN; PROLACTIN; PROTIRELIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; GIANT CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE CELL; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; OXYTOCIN; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PROLACTIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE;

EID: 14644446099     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20457     Document Type: Article

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