Estrogen receptor immunoreactivity in prepubertal and adult male Syrian hamsters

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 265, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 167-170

  Romeo, Russell D ^a   Diedrich, Stefani L ^a   Sisk, Cheryl L ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen receptor; Hypothalamus; Male; Negative feedback; Puberty; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUBERTY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CRICETINAE; FEEDBACK; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS, MIDDLE; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; ORCHIECTOMY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 0033597219     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00233-5     Document Type: Article

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