Anxiolytic effects and neuroanatomical targets of estrogen receptor-β (ERβ) activation by a selective ERβ agonist in female mice

Endocrinology

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 837-846

  Oyola, Mario G ^a   Portillo, Wendy ^a,c   Reyna, Andrea ^a   Foradori, Chad D ^b,d   Kudwa, Andrea ^b,e   Hinds, Laura ^b   Handa, Robert J ^b   Mani, Shaila K ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e PSYCHOGENICS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; DIARYLPROPIONITRILE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; PROTEIN C FOS;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENANTIOMER; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRIA TERMINALIS; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BETA-CYCLODEXTRINS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTATION; NITRILES; OVARIECTOMY; PROPIONATES; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84856082948     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2011-1674     Document Type: Article

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