Estrous cycle influences the expression of neuronal nitric oxide synthase in the hypothalamus and limbic system of female mice

BMC Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Sica, Monica ^a   Martini, Mariangela ^a   Viglietti Panzica, Carla ^a,b   Panzica, GianCarlo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b National Institute of Neuroscience Italy   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SEX HORMONE; NOS1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CELL COUNT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESTRUS; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; METESTRUS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PROESTRUS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRIA TERMINALIS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; DBA MOUSE; ENZYMOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 68149149899     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-10-78     Document Type: Article

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