Differential expression of estrogen receptors in two hippocampal regions during the estrous cycle of the rat

Anatomical Record

Volumn 294, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1913-1919

  Mendoza Garcés, Luciano ^a   Mendoza Rodríguez, Carmen Adriana ^a   Jiménez Trejo, Francisco ^a   Picazo, Ofir ^b   Rodríguez, María Carmen ^c   Cerbón, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Estrogens; Estrous cycle; Hippocampus; Limbic system; Sex steroid receptors

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DIESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; METESTRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CA1 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; CA3 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

RATTUS;

EID: 80054121864     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.21247     Document Type: Article

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