Conservative Nature of Oestradiol Signalling Pathways in the Brain Lobes of Octopus vulgaris Involved in Reproduction, Learning and Motor Coordination

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 275-284

  De Lisa, E ^a   Paolucci, M ^b   Di Cosmo, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fluorescence resonance energy transfer; GnRH; Learning; Motor coordination; Neurosteroids; Octopus vulgaris

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEARNING; MOTOR COORDINATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCTOPUS; OCTOPUS VULGARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; COGNITION; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ESTRADIOL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LEARNING; OCTOPODIFORMES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 84855929962     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2011.02240.x     Document Type: Article

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