Intrahypothalamic estradiol modulates hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal-axis activity in female rats

Endocrinology

Volumn 153, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 3337-3344

  Liu, J ^a,b,c   Bisschop, P H ^b   Eggels, L ^b   Foppen, E ^b,c   Fliers, E ^b   Zhou, Jiang Ning ^a   Kalsbeek, A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,3,5 TRIS(4 HYDROXYPHENYL) 4 PROPYLPYRAZOLE; CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; FULVESTRANT;

ACUTE STRESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG INFUSION; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PYRAZOLES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84862729931     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2011-2176     Document Type: Article

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