Sex differences in urocortin 1 dynamics in the non-preganglionic Edinger-Westphal nucleus of the rat

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 117-123

  Derks, Nicole M ^a   Gaszner, Balázs ^a   Roubos, Eric W ^a   Kozicz, L Tamás ^a  

^a Faculty of Science   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Estrogen receptor ; Q RT PCR; Quantitative immunocytochemistry; Secretory dynamics; Stress; Ucn1

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; MESSENGER RNA; UROCORTIN I;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESTRUS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCULOMOTOR NUCLEUS; PERIKARYON; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI; UROCORTINS;

EID: 73249142659     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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