Neonatal treatment with tamoxifen causes immediate alterations of the sexually dimorphic nucleus of the preoptic area and medial preoptic area in male rats

Teratology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 220-228

  Vancutsem, Paul M ^a   Roessler, Michele L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; NEUROMODULIN; TAMOXIFEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; GAP-43 PROTEIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TAMOXIFEN; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0030671197     PISSN: 00403709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9926(199709)56:3<220::AID-TERA5>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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