Unilateral lesion increases oestrogen receptor α expression in the intact side of the ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus in ovariectomised rats

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 258-266

  Shimogawa, Y ^a   Maekawa, F ^b   Yamanouchi, K ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Compensation; Oestrogen receptor ; Unilateral lesion; Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; MESSENGER RNA; PRIMER DNA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEFT VENTROLATERAL VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; MALE; MEDIOBASAL HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POSTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIGHT VENTROLATERAL VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; VENTROLATERAL VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; FEMALE; METABOLISM; OVARIECTOMY; PATHOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 84897563705     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jne.12149     Document Type: Article

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