Anabolic-androgenic steroid induced alterations in choline acetyltransferase messenger RNA levels of spinal cord motoneurons in the male rat

Neuroscience

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 873-882

  Blanco, C E ^a,b   Popper, P ^b   Micevych, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

gene expression; in situ hybridization; testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANABOLIC AGENT; ANDROGEN; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANABOLIC AGENTS; ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER; SPINAL CORD; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0030932622     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(96)00597-0     Document Type: Article

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