Sex and the developing brain: Suppression of neuronal estrogen sensitivity by developmental androgen exposure

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1395-1414

  MacLusky, Neil J ^a,b   Bowlby, Deborah A ^a,b   Brown, Theodore J ^a,b,c   Peterson, Richard E ^d   Hochberg, Richard B ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Andregen; Biosynthesis; Distribution; Estrogen receptor; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; STRIA TERMINALIS;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; TERMINALIS;

EID: 0030728988     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022027408234     Document Type: Article

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