Effects of RU486 in the expression of progesterone receptor isoforms in the hypothalamus and the preoptic area of the rat during postpartum estrus

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 504, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 127-130

  Carrillo Martínez, Graciela Elena ^a   Gómora Arrati, Porfirio ^b   González Arenas, Aliesha ^a   Roldán Roldán, Gabriel ^c   González Flores, Oscar ^b   Camacho Arroyo, Ignacio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO TLAXCALA DE BIOLOGÍA DE LA CONDUCTA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Hypothalamus; Lordosis; Postpartum estrus; Preoptic area; Progesterone; Progesterone receptor; RU486

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; MIFEPRISTONE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR A; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR B;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUERPERIUM; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, STEROIDAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DENSITOMETRY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ESTRADIOL; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MIFEPRISTONE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREOPTIC AREA; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE;

EID: 80053935838     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.09.016     Document Type: Article

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