Immunohistochemical localization of estrogen receptors within aromatase-immunoreactive neurons in the fetal and neonatal rat brain

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 115-121

  Tsuruo, Yoshihiro ^a   Ishimura, Kazunori ^a   Hayashi, Shinji ^b   Osawa, Yoshio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c HAUPTMAN WOODWARD MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Brain; Estrogen receptor; Immunohistochemistry; Rat

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; FEMALE; FETUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALIA; TERMINALIS;

EID: 0030032817     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00214702     Document Type: Article

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