Developmental profile and regulation of estrogen receptor (ER) mRNA expression in the preoptic area of prenatal rats

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 224-233

  DonCarlos, Lydia L ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Diethylstilbestrol; Estrogen receptor; Intrauterine association; Preoptic area; Sexual differentiation; Tamoxifen

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; TAMOXIFEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; VIRILIZATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029785135     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(96)80014-9     Document Type: Article

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