Ciliary neurotrophic factor receptor α in spinal motoneurons is regulated by gonadal hormones

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 8720-8729

  Forger, Nancy G ^a   Wagner, Christine K ^a   Contois, Michael ^a   Bengston, Lynn ^a   John MacLennan, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Ciliary neurotrophic factor receptor; Hormone; Immunocytochemistry; Motoneuron; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR ALPHA; GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SOMATIC CELL; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON;

EID: 0032213359     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-21-08720.1998     Document Type: Article

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