Sexual differentiation of galanin gene expression in gonadotropin- releasing hormone neurons

Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 4767-4772

  Finn, Patricia D ^a   Mcfall, Theresa B ^a   Clifton, Donald K ^a,b   Steiner, Robert A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; GALANIN; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0029827092     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.137.11.8895345     Document Type: Article

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