Stereological analysis of estrogen receptor expression in the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus of ob/ob and agouti mice

Brain Research

Volumn 1217, Issue , 2008, Pages 86-95

  Chakraborty, Sanjoy ^a   Sachdev, Aman ^c   Salton, Stephen R J ^b   Chakraborty, Tandra R ^b,c  

^a NEW YORK CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

estradiol; Arcuate nucleus; Estrogen receptor alpha; Estrogen receptor beta; Leptin; Paraventricular nucleus

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; LEPTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTION; STEREOMETRY; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEPTIN; MALE; MICE; MICE, OBESE; OBESITY; OVARIECTOMY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN;

AGOUTI; MUS;

EID: 45649083846     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.04.031     Document Type: Article

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