The effects of estradiol on gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons in the developing mouse brain

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 356-363

  Grober, Matthew S ^a   Winterstein, Greg M ^a   Ghazanfar, Asif A ^a   Eroschenko, Victor P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Estradiol; GnRH; Hypothalamic preoptic area; Immunocytochemistry; Mouse; Neonates; Organization; Sexual differentiated

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; VIRILIZATION;

EID: 0032411263     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1998.7134     Document Type: Article

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