Sex differences in androgen receptor mRNA levels and regulation in hamster facial motoneurons

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 131-138

  Drengler, Susan M ^a   Handa, Robert J ^a   Jones, Kathryn J ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranial motor neuron; Gender; Steroid receptor; Testosterone propionate

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; SILASTIC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; GONADECTOMY; HAMSTER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMPLANTATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE;

EID: 0030028488     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-328X(95)00197-Z     Document Type: Article

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