Neonatal oxytocin alters subsequent estrogen receptor alpha protein expression and estrogen sensitivity in the female rat

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 154-161

  Perry, Adam N ^a   Paramadilok, Auratip ^a   Cushing, Bruce S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Estrogen receptor alpha; Neonatal; Oxytocin; Oxytocin antagonist; Reproductive behavior

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; OXYTOCIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; OXYTOCIN; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PREOPTIC AREA; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 70349276665     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2009.08.021     Document Type: Article

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