Temporal expression of estrogen receptor α in the hypothalamus and medulla oblongata during fasting: A role of noradrenergic neurons

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 190, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 593-600

  Reyes, Beverly A S ^a,b   Tsukamura, Hiroko ^a   l'Anson, Helen ^c   Estacio, Maria Amelita C ^a   Hirunagi, Kanjun ^a   Maeda, Kei Ichiro ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HORMONE INHIBITION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; VARICOSIS;

ANIMALS; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FASTING; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURONS; NOREPINEPHRINE; OVARIECTOMY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33749872818     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.1.06915     Document Type: Article

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