Steroid hormones and their receptors in the brain

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 65, Issue 1-6, 1998, Pages 273-280

  Kawata, Mitsuhiro ^a   Yuri, Kazunari ^a   Ozawa, Hitoshi ^a   Nishi, Mayumi ^a   Ito, Takao ^a   Hu, Zhongting ^a   Lu, Haiping ^a   Yoshida, Maki ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID RECEPTOR; DEXAMETHASONE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NEUROMODULATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RECEPTORS, STEROID; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STEROIDS;

EID: 0032052289     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-0760(98)00026-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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