The perinatal ontogeny of estrogen receptor-immunoreactivity in the developing male and female rat hypothalamus

R. Jeroen Pasterkamp*, Kazunari Yuri, David T.M. Visser, Shinji Hayashi, Mitsuhiro Kawata

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Abstract

Developmental expression of the estrogen receptor (ER) in rat hypothalamus was examined using immunohistochemistry. In the medial preoptic nucleus and ventromedial nucleus ER-immunoreactivity was detected as early as E17, whereas ER protein expression in the periventricular preoptic nucleus and arcuate nucleus was delayed until E19. These results show that following a region specific onset of the ER protein expression sex differences in ER levels are already detectable during the perinatal period.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)300-303
Number of pages4
JournalDevelopmental Brain Research
Volume91
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 26 Feb 1996

Keywords

  • Estrogen receptor
  • Hypothalamus
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Perinatal development
  • Rat
  • Sexual differentiation

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