Regulation of androgen receptor mRNA expression in hamster facial motoneurons: Differential effects of non-aromatizable and aromatizable androgens

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 8-15

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

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranial motor neuron; Dihydrotestosterone; Sex difference; Steroid receptor; Testosterone propionate

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTROGEN; MESSENGER RNA; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADECTOMY; HAMSTER; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0030571031     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-328X(96)00060-5     Document Type: Article

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