Distribution and effects of testosterone on aromatase mRNA in the quail forebrain: A non-radioactive in situ hybridization study

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 103-115

  Aste, N ^a   Panzica, G C ^a   Viglietti Panzica, C ^a   Harada, N ^b   Balthazart, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Brain; Digoxigenin sexual behavior; In situ hybridization; Japanese quail; Medial preoptic nucleus; Sex steroid

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; MESSENGER RNA; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CENTRAL GRAY MATTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STRIA TERMINALIS; ZONA INCERTA;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COTURNIX; ENZYME INDUCTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NEURONS; ORCHIECTOMY; PREOPTIC AREA; PROSENCEPHALON; RNA, MESSENGER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0031950257     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-0618(97)10023-0     Document Type: Article

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