Sexually dimorphic effects of testosterone on preoptic area calcitonin gene-related peptide mRNA expression depend upon neuron location and differential estrogen and androgen receptor activation

Endocrinology

Volumn 142, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 3397-3404

  Spratt, D P ^a   Herbison, A E ^a  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTANOLONE; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; STEROID RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG IMPLANT; FEMALE; GONADECTOMY; HORMONE PROTEIN COMPLEX; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0034913548     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.142.8.8312     Document Type: Article

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