Androgen receptor immunoreactivity in the male and female Syrian hamster brain

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 359-370

  Wood, R I ^a,b   Newman, S W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Brain; Hamster; Immunohistochemistry; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN REGION; CASTRATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STAINING AND LABELING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033526534     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(19990605)39:3<359::AID-NEU3>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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