Neural androgen receptor regulation: Effects of androgen and antiandrogen

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 505-512

  Lu, Shifang ^a   Simon, Neal G ^a   Wang, Yu ^a   Hu, Shan ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Central nervous system; Dihydrotestosterone; Flutamide; Mouse; Testosterone; Up regulation

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTANOLONE; ANTIANDROGEN; FINASTERIDE; FLUTAMIDE; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE TARGETING; GONADECTOMY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; FEMALE; FLUTAMIDE; KINETICS; MALE; MICE; NEURONS; ORCHIECTOMY; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; TESTOSTERONE; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0032714056     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(199912)41:4<505::AID-NEU6>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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