Sex-specific densities of estrogen receptors alpha and beta in the subnuclei of the nucleus tractus solitarius, hypoglossal nucleus and dorsal vagal motor nucleus weanling rats

Brain Research

Volumn 1123, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 89-100

  Schlenker, Evelyn H ^a   Hansen, Susan N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen receptor; Gender; Hypoglossal; NTS; Rat; Weanling

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; TESTOSTERONE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HYPOGLOSSAL NUCLEUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESUSCITATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VAGUS NERVE DORSAL NUCLEUS; WEANING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESPIRATION; SEX FACTORS; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33751175424     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.09.035     Document Type: Article

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