A cell culture model for androgen effects in motor neurons

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1054-1060

  Brooks, Brian P ^a   Merry, Diane E ^a   Paulson, Henry L ^a   Lieberman, Andrew P ^a   Kolson, Dennis L ^a   Fischbeck, Kenneth H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Androgen receptor; Motor neuron; Neurodegeneration; Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE ACTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MORPHOMETRICS; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031939924     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1998.70031054.x     Document Type: Article

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