Role of plasma membrane estrogen receptors in mediating the estrogen induction of progesterone receptors in hypothalamic ventromedial neurons

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 522, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 298-307

  Sá, Susana I ^a   Pereira, Pedro A ^a   Malikov, Viacheslav ^a   Ferreira, Isabel M P L V O ^b   Madeira, M Dulce ^a  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Hypothalamic ventromedial nucleus; Membrane estrogen receptors; Progesterone receptors; Stereology; Western blot

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEREOMETRY; WESTERN BLOTTING; YOUNG ADULT;

ESTRADIOL; HYPOTHALAMIC VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; MEMBRANE ESTROGEN RECEPTORS; PROGESTERONE RECEPTORS; STEREOLOGY; WESTERN BLOT;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL MEMBRANE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURONS; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 84889656715     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23396     Document Type: Article

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