Estrogen receptor β modulates estradiol induction of progestin receptor immunoreactivity in male, but not in female, mouse medial preoptic area

Endocrinology

Volumn 145, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 4500-4506

  Kudwa, Andrea E ^a   Gustafsson, Jan Åke ^b   Rissman, Emilie F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENOTYPE; GONADECTOMY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; CASTRATION; CELL COUNT; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONS; PREOPTIC AREA; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 4644295323     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2003-1708     Document Type: Article

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