The nucleus para-retroambiguus: A new group of estrogen receptive cells in the caudal ventrolateral medulla of the female golden hamster

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 329-341

  Gerrits, P O ^a   Veening, J G ^a,b   Blomsma, S A ^a   Mouton, L J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

A1 group; A2 group; Brainstem; Cardiovascular regulation; Catecholamines; Estrogens; Lordosis; Mating behavior; Midbrain; Motoneurons

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MESOCRICETUS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; POSTURE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 38749152379     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.10.011     Document Type: Article

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