Androgen receptor in mouse brain: Sex differences and similarities in autoregulation

Endocrinology

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1594-1601

  Lu, Shi Fang ^a   Mckenna, Suzanne E ^a,b   Cologer Clifford, Athena ^a,c   Nau, Eugene A ^a   Simon, Neal G ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; FEMALE; GONADECTOMY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR DENSITY; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STAINING; STRIA TERMINALIS;

EID: 0031765501     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.139.4.5863     Document Type: Article

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