Sex differences in progesterone receptor immunoreactivity in neonatal mouse brain depend on estrogen receptor α expression

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 176-182

  Wagner, Christine K ^a   Pfau, Jennifer L ^b   De Vries, Geert J ^a   Merchenthaler, Istvan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b WYETH AYERST RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Knock out; Medial preoptic nucleus; Ventromedial nucleus

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PREOPTIC AREA; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0035811226     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.1025     Document Type: Article

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