Effects of testosterone on neuronal nitric oxide synthase and tyrosine hydroxylase

Brain Research

Volumn 836, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 90-98

  Du, Jianfang ^a   Hull, Elaine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Bed nucleus of stria terminalis; Castration; Dopamine; Male rat; Medial preoptic area; NADPH d; Nitric oxide synthase; Paraventricular nucleus; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B5 REDUCTASE; DOPAMINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TESTOSTERONE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; DOPAMINE RELEASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STRIA TERMINALIS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; MALE; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0033620892     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)01618-2     Document Type: Article

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