The two thyroid hormone receptor genes have opposite effects on estrogen-stimulated sex behaviors

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 472-475

  Dellovade, Tammy L ^a   Chan, John ^a   Vennstrom, Bjorn ^b   Forrest, Douglas ^c   Pfaff, Donald W ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; KNOCKOUT GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UTERUS HORN;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, KNOCKOUT; ORGAN SIZE; OXYTOCIN; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; POSTURE; PREOPTIC AREA; PROGESTERONE; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, THYROID HORMONE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; UTERUS; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 0033915070     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/74846     Document Type: Article

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