Morphometric studies demonstrate that aromatase-immunoreactive cells are the main target of androgens and estrogens in the quail medial preoptic nucleus

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 241-252

  Aste, N ^a   Panzica, G C ^a   Aimar, P ^a   Viglietti Panzica, C ^a   Harada, N ^b   Foidart, A ^c   Balthazart, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aromatase immunocytochemistry; Morphometry; Preoptic area; Quail; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CYTOARCHITECTURE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PREOPTIC AREA; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TARGET CELL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANDROGENS; ANIMAL; AROMATASE; CELL COUNT; COTURNIX; ESTROGENS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; PREOPTIC AREA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0027993482     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00228744     Document Type: Article

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