Oxytocin selectively increases ERα mRNA in the neonatal hypothalamus and hippocampus of female prairie voles

Neuropeptides

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-44

  Pournajafi Nazarloo, Hossein ^a   Carr, Michael S ^a   Papademeteriou, Eros ^a   Schmidt, Jennifer V ^a   Cushing, Bruce S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen receptor alpha; Estrogen receptor beta; Hippocampus; Hypothalamus; Oxytocin; Prairie vole; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; MESSENGER RNA; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN ANTAGONIST; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE INHIBITION; HYPOTHALAMUS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRAIRIE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VOLE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ARVICOLINAE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DNA PRIMERS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; OXYTOCIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

MICROTUS OCHROGASTER;

EID: 33846052798     PISSN: 01434179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.npep.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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