Transient neonatal elevation in hypothalamic estrogen receptor mRNA in prenatally-stressed male rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 216, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 141-145

  Henry, Chantal ^a,b   Arsaut, Josette ^a   Arnauld, Elisabeth ^a   Demotes Mainard, Jacques ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Estrogen receptor; Prenatal stress; Rat; Sex hormone; Sexual behavior; Sexual differentiation

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS;

EID: 0030603988     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)13005-6     Document Type: Article

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