The development of a species difference in the local distribution of brain estrogen receptive cells

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 182-189

  Gahr, Manfred ^a,b   Balaban, Evan ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Max Planck Inst V   (Germany)

Author keywords

Area specific expression; Brain chimera; Chick; Estrogen receptor; Preoptic area; Quail

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHICKEN; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; PHASIANIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0029941838     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-3806(95)00210-3     Document Type: Article

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