Regulation of progesterone receptor expression by estradiol is dependent on age, sex and region in the rat brain

Endocrinology

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 3054-3061

  Quadros, Princy S ^a   Wagner, Christine K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GONADECTOMY; HORMONE ACTION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIFESPAN; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 44249084903     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2007-1133     Document Type: Article

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