Progesterone receptor immunoreactivity in the brains of ovariectomized aged rats

NeuroReport

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 777-781

  Furuta, Miyako ^a   Fukushima, Atsushi ^b,c   Chiba, Shuichi ^e   Sano, Akane ^b   Akema, Tatsuo ^a   Kimura, Fukuko ^b,d   Funabashi, Toshiya ^a,b  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^d INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

aging; estrogen; preoptic area; progesterone receptor; senescence; ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; RAT; SENESCENCE; ZONA INCERTA; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECTS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; WISTAR RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE;

EID: 77954953715     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e32833c5b6f     Document Type: Article

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