Changes in oestrogen receptor α expression in the nucleus of the solitary tract of the rat over the oestrous cycle and following ovariectomy

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 492-502

  Spary, E J ^a   Maqbool, A ^a   Batten, T F C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nucleus tractus solitarius; Oestrogen receptor; Oestrous cycle; Ovariectomy; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PRIMER DNA; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN STEM; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; STEREOLOGY; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESTRUS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTRUS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OVARIECTOMY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 77954122846     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2010.01977.x     Document Type: Article

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