Brain aromatase in control versus castrated Norway Brown, Sprague-Dawley and Wistar adult rats

Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 221, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 126-130

  Mathias, Lori J ^a   Jacobson, Nathan A ^a   Rhees, Reuben W ^a   Lephart, Edwin D ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; AROMATASE; FLUTAMIDE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CASTRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NONHUMAN; RAT;

AMYGDALA; ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CASTRATION; FLUTAMIDE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PROSTATE; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA; POA;

EID: 0033007535     PISSN: 00379727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1373.1999.d01-65.x     Document Type: Article

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