Sex steroid modulation of neurokinin B gene expression in the arcuate nucleus of adult male rats

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 66, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 200-204

  Danzer, Steve C ^a   Price, Robin O ^a   T McMullen, Nathaniel ^a   Rance, Naomi E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Hypothalamus; Menopause; Reproduction; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GALANIN; NEUROKININ B; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MENOPAUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; ESTROGENS; GALANIN; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; NEUROKININ B; ORCHIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0033586359     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(99)00024-8     Document Type: Article

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