Oestradiol potentiates hormone secretion and neuronal activation in response to hypertonic extracellular volume expansion in ovariectomised rats

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 481-489

  Vilhena Franco, T ^a   Mecawi, A S ^a   Elias, L L K ^a   Antunes Rodrigues, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atrial natriuretic peptide; Extracellular volume expansion; Oestradiol; Oxytocin; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; CORN OIL; ESTRADIOL CIPIONATE; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; VASOPRESSIN; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN PERFUSION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HYPERTONIC EXTRACELLULAR VOLUME EXPANSION; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; OVARIECTOMY; PARAVENTRICULAR THALAMIC NUCLEUS; PLASMA OSMOLALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; CELL SIZE; ESTRADIOL; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; FEMALE; HORMONES; HYPERTONIC SOLUTIONS; NEURONS; OVARIECTOMY; OXYTOCIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SECRETORY PATHWAY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; UP-REGULATION; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 79955967393     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2011.02133.x     Document Type: Article

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