Oestradiol effect on galanin-immunoreactive neurones in the diencephalon of the ewe

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 145-151

  Tourlet, S ^a   Ziyazetdinova, G ^a   Caraty, A ^a   Tramu, G ^b   Delsol, G ^c   Tillet, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c CHU PURPAN   (France)

Author keywords

BNST; GnRH surge; Hypothalamus; Infundibular nucleus; POA; Steroids

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; GALANIN; GONADORELIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; ESTROGEN RELEASE; FEMALE; GONADORELIN RELEASE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFUNDIBULUM; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRIA TERMINALIS;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; DIENCEPHALON; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GALANIN; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURONS; PREOPTIC AREA; SEPTAL NUCLEI; SHEEP;

EID: 17544363567     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2005.01291.x     Document Type: Article

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