Influence of hormonal status on female mice enkephalin-degrading aminopeptidase activity in the HP A axis

Archivos de Neurociencias

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 168-171

  Garcia Lopez M J ^a   Martinez Martos J M ^a   Mayas, M D ^a   Carrera, M P ^a   Ramírez Expósito, María Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Enkephalin degrading aminopeptidase; Estradiol; Hypothalamuspituitary adrenal axis; Mouse; Opioids

Indexed keywords

AMINOPEPTIDASE; ENKEPHALIN; ENKEPHALIN DEGRADING AMINOPEPTIDASE; ESTRADIOL; MEMBRANE BOUND ENKEPHALIN DEGRADING AMINOPEPTIDASE; OPIATE; SOLUBLE ENKEPHALIN DEGRADING AMINOPEPTIDASE; STEROID HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

EID: 3442896502     PISSN: 01874705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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