The role of sex steroids in the oxytocin hormone system

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 151, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 95-101

  Ivell, Richard ^a   Walther, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Estrogenic control; Peptide hormone oxytocin; Sex steroids

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENITAL SYSTEM; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HORMONE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; OXYTOCIN RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0033602856     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(99)00025-8     Document Type: Article

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