Effect of vorozole, an aromatase enzyme inhibitor, on sexual behavior, aromatase activity and neural immunoreactivity

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 199-210

  Rissman, Emilie F ^a   Harada, Nobuhiro ^b   Roselli, Charles E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Hypothalamus; Musk shrew; Preoptic area; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; ESTRADIOL; VOROZOLE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INSECTIVORE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STRIA TERMINALIS;

EID: 0029872885     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.1996.04505.x     Document Type: Article

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