Projections from estrogen receptor-α immunoreactive neurons in the periaqueductal gray to the lateral medulla oblongata in the rhesus monkey

Neuroscience

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 243-253

  Vanderhorst, V G J M ^a,b,d   Terasawa, E ^c   Ralston III, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aggressive behavior; Cholera toxin subunit B; CTb; DAB; Diaminobenzidine; ER; Estrogen receptor; GAD; Glutamic acid decarboxylase; Immunoreactive; IR; Macaque monkey; Modulation; NRA; Nucleus retroambiguus; Reproductive behavior; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CELL COUNT; CELL POPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MATING; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACACA MULATTA; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; OVARIECTOMY; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN;

EID: 1642462253     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2003.12.044     Document Type: Article

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