Estradiol-17β-responsive A1 and A2 noradrenergic cells of the brain stem project to the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis in the ewe brain: A possible route for regulation of gonadotropin releasing hormone cells

Neuroscience

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 758-773

  Pereira, A ^a   Rawson, J ^a   Jakubowska, A ^a   Clarke, I J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

estradiol 17 receptor; parabrachial nucleus

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FLUOROGOLD; PROTEIN FOS; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ESTRADIOL 17 BETA BENZOATE; ESTRADIOL-17 BETA-BENZOATE; ESTROGEN; GONADORELIN; NEURONAL TRACT TRACER; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CELL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EWE; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN SECRETING CELL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; OVARIECTOMY; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRIA TERMINALIS; ANIMAL; CELL NUCLEUS; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; NERVE TRACT; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; CELL NUCLEUS; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL TRACT-TRACERS; OVARIECTOMY; PREOPTIC AREA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC; SEPTAL NUCLEI; SHEEP;

EID: 72749103154     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.10.027     Document Type: Article

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