Androgen receptor-immunoreactivity in the forebrain of the Eastern Fence lizard (Sceloporus undulatus)

Brain Research

Volumn 879, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 174-182

  Moga, M M ^a   Geib, B M ^b   Zhou, D ^a   Prins, G S ^b  

^a Indiana University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Cortex; Hypothalamus; Reptile; Steroid receptor

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIZARD; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN; DENDRITES; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIZARDS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROSENCEPHALON; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 0034613235     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(00)02771-2     Document Type: Article

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