Effects of gonadal steroids and of estrogen receptor agonists on the expression of estrogen receptor alpha in the medial preoptic nucleus of female rats

• Published in: Neuroscience Vol. 310; pp. 63 - 72
• Main Authors: Martins, S.I, Madeira, M.D, Sá, S.I
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Ltd 03.12.2015
• Subjects: Analysis of Variance; Animals; Estradiol - analogs & derivatives; Estradiol - pharmacology; estrogen receptor agonists; estrogen receptor alpha; Estrogen Receptor alpha - metabolism; Estrogens - pharmacology; estrous cycle; Estrous Cycle - drug effects; Female; Gene Expression Regulation - drug effects; immunohistochemistry; medial preoptic nucleus; Neurology; Neurons - drug effects; Neurons - metabolism; Nitriles - pharmacology; Ovariectomy; Preoptic Area - cytology; Preoptic Area - drug effects; Preoptic Area - metabolism; Progesterone - pharmacology; Progestins - pharmacology; Propionates - pharmacology; Rats; Rats, Wistar; stereology; ERα-ir; DPN; estrogen receptor alpha; progesterone; propyl-pyrazole triol; phosphate buffer; MPN; ovariectomized; OVX; P; LHRH; estrogen receptor alpha-immunoreactive; luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone; analysis of variance; ANOVA; estrogen receptor beta; PPT; immunohistochemistry; EB; estradiol benzoate; ERβ; estrogen receptor; ERα; stereology; medial preoptic nucleus; estrogen receptor agonists; ER; BNST; PB; bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; diaryl-propionitrile; estrous cycle
• ISSN: 0306-4522; 1873-7544
• DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2015.09.030

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