Expression of the orphan receptor steroidogenic factor-1 mRNA in the rat medial basal hypothalamus

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 66-72

  Roselli, Charles E ^a   Jorgensen, Emile Z ^a   Doyle, Mark W ^a   Rønnekleiv, Oline K ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ad4BP; Aromatase; Brain; Cytochrome P450; Rat; SF 1; Steroidogenic factor 1

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; MESSENGER RNA;

ANDROGEN THERAPY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GONADECTOMY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RNA PROBE; STEROIDOGENESIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; FUSHI TARAZU TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HYPOTHALAMUS, MIDDLE; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031023934     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(96)00187-8     Document Type: Article

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