Sex differences in corticosteroid binding in the rat brain: An in vitro autoradiographic study

Brain Research

Volumn 708, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 71-81

  MacLusky, Neil J ^a,b   Yuan, He ^a,c   Elliott, Jennifer ^b   Brown, Theodore J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoradiography; Corticosteroid receptor; Hippocampus; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID RECEPTOR; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONADECTOMY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030039971     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)01310-5     Document Type: Article

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