Effects of intracerebroventricular infusion of genistein on gonadotrophin subunit mRNA and immunoreactivity of gonadotrophins and oestrogen receptor-α in the pituitary cells of the anoestrous ewe

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 217-224

  Polkowska, Jolanta ^a   Ridderstråle, Yvonne ^b   Wańkowska, Marta ^a   Romanowicz, Katarzyna ^a   Misztal, Tomasz ^a   Madej, Andrzej ^b  

^a KIELANOWSKI INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND NUTRITION   (Poland)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Genistein; Gonadotrophic cells; Immunohistochemistry; In situ hybridisation; Oestrogen receptor ; Ovine

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FOLLITROPIN; GENISTEIN; GONADOTROPIN; GONADOTROPIN DERIVATIVE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANESTRUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INFUSION; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN SECRETING CELL; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA PROBE; SEASON; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANESTRUS; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; GENISTEIN; GONADOTROPINS; INFUSIONS, PARENTERAL; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SHEEP;

EID: 8644250619     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2004.07.004     Document Type: Article

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