Changes in PACAP levels in the central nervous system after ovariectomy and castration

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1070, Issue , 2006, Pages 468-473

  Nemeth, Jozsef ^a   Tamas, Andrea ^a   Jozsa, Rita ^a   Horvath, Judit E ^a   Jakab, Balazs ^a   Lengvari, Istvan ^a   Arimura, Akira ^b   Lubics, Andrea ^a   Reglódi, Dora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Castration; Ovariectomy; PACAP

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE;

BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN REGION; CASTRATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; GONAD FUNCTION; GONADECTOMY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THALAMUS;

EID: 33746406717     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1317.063     Document Type: Conference Paper

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