Hormonal regulation of progesterone receptor mRNA expression in the hypothalamus of whiptail lizards: Regional and species differences

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 287-293

  Godwin, John ^a,b   Crews, David ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Hypothalamus; Lizard; Progesterone; Steroid hormone receptors

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIZARDS; MALE; PROGESTERONE; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; RNA, MESSENGER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032960344     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(199905)39:2<287::AID-NEU12>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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