Dopaminergic activation of estrogen receptors induces fos expression within restricted regions of the neonatal female rat brain

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Olesen, Kristin M ^a   Auger, Anthony P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 7,8 DIHYDROXY 1 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPINE; DOPAMINE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROTEIN FOS; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STRIA TERMINALIS; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; ONCOGENE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

RATTUS;

2,3,4,5-TETRAHYDRO-7,8-DIHYDROXY-1-PHENYL-1H-3-BENZAZEPINE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, FOS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D1; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN;

EID: 48249087699     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002177     Document Type: Article

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