Use of PG-21 immunocytochemistry to detect androgen receptors in the songbird brain

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1075-1080

  Smith, G Troy ^a   Brenowitz, Eliot A ^a   Prins, Gail S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Immunocytochemistry; Song control nuclei; Songbird

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CELL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSERI;

EID: 0029832274     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/44.9.8773574     Document Type: Article

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