Sex and regional differences in decrease of estrogen receptor α-immunoreactive cells by estrogen in rat hypothalamus and midbrain

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 463, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 135-139

  Yamada, Shunji ^a   Noguchi, Daisuke ^a   Ito, Hiroyuki ^a   Yamanouchi, Korehito ^a  

^a Neuroendocrinology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Down regulation; Estrogen receptor ; Hypothalamus; Midbrain; Rat; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CENTRAL GRAY MATTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 68349148202     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.07.074     Document Type: Article

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