Estrogen receptors: Their roles in regulation of vasopressin release for maintenance of fluid and electrolyte homeostasis

Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 114-127

  Sladek, Celia D ^a   Somponpun, Suwit J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Estrogen; Estrogen receptors; Hypothalamus; Neurohypophysis; Osmoreceptors; Supraoptic nucleus; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; SEX HORMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VASOPRESSIN;

CELL MEMBRANE; DEHYDRATION; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FLUID BALANCE; GENDER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME; GONADECTOMY; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; OSMORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; VASOPRESSIN BLOOD LEVEL; VASOPRESSIN RELEASE;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NEURONS, EFFERENT; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; VASOPRESSINS; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 37549050185     PISSN: 00913022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2007.08.005     Document Type: Review

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