Distribution of occupied and unoccupied estrogen receptors in the rat brain: effects of physiological gonadal steroid exposure
Yuan H, Bowlby D, Brown T, Hochberg R, MacLusky N. Distribution of occupied and unoccupied estrogen receptors in the rat brain: effects of physiological gonadal steroid exposure. Endocrinology 1995, 136: 96-105. DOI: 10.1210/en.136.1.96.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGonadal steroid exposureUnoccupied estrogen receptorEstrogen receptorER occupancySteroid exposureLevels of circulating estradiolBed nucleus of the stria terminalisIn vitro autoradiographic methodOccupied estrogen receptorsBrain regionsTreatment of intact malesHypothalamic arcuate nucleusHypothalamic ventromedial nucleusTissue sectionsEndogenous gonadal steroidsPreovulatory estrogen surgeMessenger RNA levelsER binding capacityArcuate nucleusMale ratsBed nucleusVentromedial nucleusCirculating estradiolLabeled estrogenStria terminalis