Diversity of ovarian steroid signaling in the hypothalamus

Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 65-84

  Rønnekleiv, Oline K ^a,b   Kelly, Martin J ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross talk; Estrogen; Genomic actions; Membrane actions; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CALCIUM; CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROGESTERONE; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; SEX HORMONE; STEROID; STEROID RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FERTILITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 23744479362     PISSN: 00913022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2005.05.001     Document Type: Article

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