Sex Differences in Androgen Responsiveness in the Rat Brain: Regional Differences in the Induction of Aromatase Activity

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 139-145

  Roselli, Charles E ^a   Klosterman, Scott A ^a   Fasasi, Taiwo A ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Gonadal steroids; Sex dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; AROMATASE; BRAIN ENZYME; CYTOCHROME P450; ESTROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TISSUE; COITUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; GONADECTOMY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; MALE; MICHAELIS CONSTANT; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STRIA TERMINALIS;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; BRAIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INDUCTION; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS, ANTERIOR; KINETICS; MALE; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TESTOSTERONE; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0030016420     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000127111     Document Type: Article

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