Prepubertal chronic ethanol administration alters TTF-1 and Oct-2 expression in the hypothalamus of female rats

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 136, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 262-266

  Hyun, Joon Kim ^a   Hyun, Joon Sohn ^b   Ha, Myung ^a   Jae, Yoon Han ^a   Sang, Soo Kang ^a   Wan, Sung Choi ^a   Gyeong, Jae Cho ^a  

^a Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Chungbuk National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ethanol; GnRH; Oct 2; Puberty onset; TTF 1

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL COUNT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-2; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 18944388331     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbrainres.2004.12.021     Document Type: Article

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