Androgen receptor-lmmunoreactive cells in ram hypothalamus: Distribution and co-localization patterns with gonadotropin-releasing hormone, somatostatin and tyrosine hydroxylase

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 120-131

  Herbison, Allan E ^a   Skinner, Donal C ^a   Robinson, Jane E ^a   King, Ian S ^a  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catecholamines; Gonadal steroid receptor; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Gonadotropins; Immunocytochemistry; Ram; Somatostatin

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; BRAIN RECEPTOR; GONADORELIN; SOMATOSTATIN; TESTOSTERONE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL DENSITY; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GONADORELIN RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REPRODUCTION; SHEEP; STRIA TERMINALIS; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; TUBEROHYPOPHYSEAL TRACT;

ANIMALS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SHEEP; SOMATOSTATIN; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0030025678     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000126948     Document Type: Article

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