Site-specific estrogen and progestin regulation of orphanin FQ/nociceptin and nociceptin opioid receptor mRNA expression in the female rat limbic hypothalamic system

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 496, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 252-268

  Sinchak, Kevin ^a,b   Romeo, Horacio E ^a   Micevych, Paul E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Lordosis; Medial preoptic area; Medial preoptic nucleus; Nociceptin; OFQ; Opioid; Reproduction; Ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus; VMH

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; MESSENGER RNA; NOCICEPTIN; OIL; OPIATE RECEPTOR; OPIOID RECEPTOR LIKE RECEPTOR 1; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; HORMONE RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIMBIC SYSTEM; LORDOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARIECTOMY; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTION; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIMBIC SYSTEM; OPIOID PEPTIDES; OVARIECTOMY; PROGESTINS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, OPIOID; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 33645523968     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20949     Document Type: Article

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