Androgens selectively modulate c-fos messenger RNA induction in the rat hippocampus following novelty

Neuroscience

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 757-766

  Kerr, J E ^a   Beck, S G ^a   Handa, R J ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; c fos; c Jun; Hippocampus; Jun B; Zif268

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTANOLONE PROPIONATE; MESSENGER RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; ONCOGENE C JUN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030564967     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(96)00219-9     Document Type: Article

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