Influence of 17β-estradiol and progesterone on GABAergic gene expression in the arcuate nucleus, amygdala and hippocampus of the rhesus macaque

Brain Research

Volumn 1307, Issue , 2010, Pages 28-42

  Noriega, Nigel C ^a   Eghlidi, Dominique H ^a   Garyfallou, Vasilios T ^a   Kohama, Steven G ^a   Kryger, Sharon G ^a   Urbanski, Henryk F ^a,b,c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GABA receptor; Gamma aminobutyric acid; Macaca mulatta; Microarray

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID CARRIER; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CARBOXYLYASE; ESTRADIOL; GLUTAMIC ACID; PROGESTERONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; VESICULAR INHIBITORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MACACA; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHESUS MONKEY; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DNA MICROARRAY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BRAIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HIPPOCAMPUS; MACACA MULATTA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OVARIECTOMY; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTINS; RECEPTORS, GABA; VESICULAR INHIBITORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 70749086003     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.10.011     Document Type: Article

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