Regulation of aromatase gene expression in the adult rat brain

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 351-357

  Roselli, Charles E ^a,b   Abdelgadir, Salah E ^a,b   Resko, John A ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Aromatase; MRNA; Preoptic area; Rat brain; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; BRAIN; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; OVARY; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA PROBES; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030726669     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(97)00214-1     Document Type: Article

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