Androgens reduce cell death in the developing rat visual cortex

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 125, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 83-88

  Nunez J L ^a   Jurgens, H A ^a   Juraska, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cerebral cortex; Sex differences; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTRADIOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN WEIGHT; CELL DEATH; CELL DENSITY; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEREOMETRY; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL COUNT; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; MALE; NEURONS; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0034731422     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(00)00126-7     Document Type: Article

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