17 β-Oestradiol indirectly inhibits thyrotrophin-releasing hormone expression in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus of female rats and blunts thyroid axis response to cold exposure

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 439-448

  Uribe, R M ^a   Zacarias, M ^a   Corkidi, G ^a   Cisneros, M ^a   Charli, J L ^a   Joseph Bravo, Patricia ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Prolactin; T3; Thyrotrophin.; TRH; Triiodothyronine

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; LIOTHYRONINE; MESSENGER RNA; PROLACTIN; PROTIRELIN; THYROTROPIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BODY WEIGHT; COLD EXPOSURE; COLD TOLERANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; COLD TEMPERATURE; CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEURONS; OVARIECTOMY; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PROLACTIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 64849108155     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2009.01861.x     Document Type: Article

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