Androgen receptor mRNA expression in Xenopus laevis CNS: Sexual dimorphism and regulation in laryngeal motor nucleus

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 556-568

  Pérez, Julio ^a   Cohen, Michael A ^a   Kelley, Darcy B ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

androgen receptor; motor neurons; mRNA expression; sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LARYNGEAL NERVE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; CASTRATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LARYNX; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0029742317     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(199608)30:4<556::AID-NEU10>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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