Androgens stimulate the morphological maturation of embryonic hypothalamic aromatase-immunoreactive neurons in the mouse

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 74-81

  Beyer, Cordian ^a   Hutchison, John B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

androgen; androgen receptor; aromatase; cell culture; colocalization; differentiation; estrogen; neurite outgrowth

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; FLUTAMIDE; TAMOXIFEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; AROMATASE; CELL AGING; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ESTROGENS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NEURONS;

EID: 0031036428     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(96)00170-8     Document Type: Article

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