Ovarian hormone-induced reorganization of oxytocin-labeled dendrites and synapses lateral to the hypothalamic ventromedial nucleus in female rats

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 518, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 4531-4545

  Griffin, Gerald D ^a   Ferri Kolwicz, Sarah L ^a   Reyes, Beverly A S ^b,c   Van Bockstaele, Elisabeth J ^b,c   Flanagan Cato, Loretta M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axonal boutons; Dendrites; Estradiol; Glutamate; Immunoelectron microscopy; Lordosis; Microtubule associated protein 2; Neurohypophyseal tract; Neuropeptide; Progesterone; Synaptophysin; Vesicular glutamatergic transporter 2

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; OXYTOCIN; PROGESTERONE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INNERVATION; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; DENDRITES; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HORMONES; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NEURONS; OVARIECTOMY; OXYTOCIN; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 2;

EID: 77957927614     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22470     Document Type: Article

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