Regulation of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) gene expression by 5α-dihydrotestosterone in GnRH-secreting GT1-7 hypothalamic neurons

Endocrinology

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1108-1114

  Belsham, Denise D ^a,b   Evangelou, Andreas ^b   Roy, Deboleena ^b   Le, Duc Vinh ^c   Brown, Theodore J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTANOLONE; GONADORELIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BINDING; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR AFFINITY;

EID: 0031738481     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.139.3.5846     Document Type: Article

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