Effects of estrogens and progesterone on the synaptic organization of the hypothalamic ventromedial nucleus

Neuroscience

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 307-316

  Sa S I ^a   Lukoyanova, E ^a   Madeira, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

diarylpropionitrile; estrogen receptor; mifepristone; propyl pyrazole triol; synapses; ventromedial nucleus

Indexed keywords

1,3,5 TRIS(4 HYDROXYPHENYL) 4 PROPYLPYRAZOLE; DIARYLPROPIONITRILE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; MIFEPRISTONE; PROGESTERONE; PROPIONITRILE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; LIGANDS; NEURONS; NITRILES; POSTURE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTINS; PROPIONATES; PYRAZOLES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SYNAPSES; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 67649381656     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.04.066     Document Type: Article

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