Regulation of androgen receptors in Atlantic croaker brains by testosterone and estradiol

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 224-230

  Joakim Larsson, D G ^a   Sperry, Todd S ^a   Thomas, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; FEMALE; FISH; GONADECTOMY; HORMONE BINDING; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0036415126     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6480(02)00503-8     Document Type: Article

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