Interactions between nerve growth factor binding and estradiol in early development of the zebra finch telencephalon

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 149-157

  Contreras, Margarita L ^a   Wade, Juli ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Estrogen; Neurotrophin; Songbird; trkA

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; BIRD; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HATCHING; HORMONAL REGULATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELENCEPHALON;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESTRADIOL; FADROZOLE; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTOR, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTORS, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; SEXUAL MATURATION; SONGBIRDS; TELENCEPHALON; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0032839683     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(199908)40:2<149::AID-NEU2>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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