Sexual differentiation of aromatase activity in the rat brain: Effects of perinatal steroid exposure

Endocrinology

Volumn 139, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 3193-3201

  Roselli, Charles E ^a   Klosterman, Scott A ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; AROMATASE; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FETUS; GONADECTOMY; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PREOPTIC AREA; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0031789616     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.139.7.6101     Document Type: Article

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