Estrogen Receptor (ER) β modulates ERα responses to estrogens in the developing rat ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus

Endocrinology

Volumn 149, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 4615-4621

  Gonzales, Keith L ^a   Tetel, Marc J ^b   Wagner, Christine K ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,3,5 TRIS(4 HYDROXYPHENYL) 4 PROPYLPYRAZOLE; 2,3 BIS(4 HYDROXYPHENYL) PROPIONITRILE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; NITRILES; PREOPTIC AREA; PROTEIN BINDING; PYRAZOLES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 50449102510     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2008-0511     Document Type: Article

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