Distribution of aromatase immunoreactivity in the forebrain of red-sided garter snakes at the beginning of the winter dormancy

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 59-71

  Krohmer, Randolph W ^a   Bieganski, Gerald J ^a   Baleckaitis, Daniel D ^a   Harada, Nobuhiro ^b   Balthazart, Jacques ^c  

^a SAINT XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Immunocytochemistry; Neural aromatase; Red sided garter snake; Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; AROMATASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; COURTSHIP; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN METABOLISM; FOREBRAIN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LOW TEMPERATURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SNAKE; WINTER;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; COLUBRIDAE; HIBERNATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PROSENCEPHALON;

EID: 0036146804     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-0618(01)00145-4     Document Type: Article

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