Role of estrogen receptor α and β in the induction of progesterone receptors in hypothalamic ventromedial neurons

Neuroscience

Volumn 238, Issue , 2013, Pages 159-167

  Sa S I ^a   Pereira, P A ^a   Malikov, V ^a   Madeira, M D ^a  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Estrogen receptor agonists; Estrogen receptors; Progesterone receptor; Stereology; Ventromedial nucleus; Western blot

Indexed keywords

1,3,5 TRIS(4 HYDROXYPHENYL) 4 PROPYLPYRAZOLE; DIARYLPROPIONITRILE; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; NEURONS; NITRILES; PROPIONATES; PYRAZOLES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 84875604459     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.02.023     Document Type: Article

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