Estrogen and apoptosis in the developing sexually dimorphic preoptic area in female rats

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 403-407

  Arai, Yasumasa ^a   Sekine, Yoshie ^a   Murakami, Shizuko ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Brain sexual differentiation; Estrogen; Preoptic area; Rat

Indexed keywords

DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTROGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0029782444     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-0102(96)01070-X     Document Type: Article

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