Social environment alters central distribution of estrogen receptor alpha in juvenile prairie voles

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 296-301

  Ruscio, Michael G ^a   Sweeny, Timothy D ^b   Gomez, Adrian ^a   Parker, Kathleen ^a   Carter, C Sue ^c  

^a School of Business and Economics   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

BST; Estrogen receptor alpha; Microtus ochrogaster; MPOA; Post weaning social environment; Prairie vole; Puberty; Social isolation

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; JUVENILE ANIMAL; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRIA TERMINALIS; VOLE; WEANING;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; MALE; PREOPTIC AREA; SEPTAL NUCLEI; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 68049086628     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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