Localization and controls of aromatase in the quail spinal cord

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 423, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 552-564

  Evrard, Henry ^a   Baillien, Michelle ^a   Foidart, Agnès ^a   Absil, Philippe ^a   Harada, Nobuhiro ^b   Balthazart, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aromatization; Dorsal horn of spinal cord; Estrogen synthase; Local estrogen action; Modulation of sensory inputs; Nociception

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; COTURNIX; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; MALE; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; SEX FACTORS; SPINAL CORD; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0034618242     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-9861(20000807)423:4<552::AID-CNE2>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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