Seasonal expression of androgen receptors, estrogen receptors, and aromatase in the canary brain in relation to circulating androgens and estrogens

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 254-268

  Fusani, Leonida ^a,b   Van't Hof, Thomas ^b   Hutchison, John B ^c   Gahr, Manfred ^a,d  

^a Max Planck Inst V   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^c BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Androgen; Aromatase; Canary; Estrogen; Season; Song

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; AROMATASE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CANARY; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME METABOLISM; LEARNING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SONGBIRD;

EID: 0034608640     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(20000605)43:3<254::AID-NEU4>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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