Species Differences in Estrogen Receptor and Progesterone Receptor‐mRNA Expression in the Brain of Sexual and Unisexual Whiptail Lizards

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 1995, Pages 567-576

  Young, Larry J ^a   Nag, Pratip K ^a   Crews, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

gene expression; hypothalamus; limbic system; preoptic area; reptile; sex steroid receptor; sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

BRAIN RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; SEX HORMONE; STEROID HORMONE; STEROID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY FUNCTION; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VITELLOGENESIS;

ANIMAL; BRAIN; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIZARDS; OVARY; PARTHENOGENESIS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0029056884     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.1995.tb00793.x     Document Type: Article

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