Regulation of sex differences in progesterone receptor expression in the medial preoptic nucleus of postnatal rats

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 761-767

  Quadros, P S ^a   Goldstein, A Y N ^a   De Vries, G J ^a   Wagner, C K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Castration; MPN; Ontogeny; Ovariectomy; PR

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; SEX HORMONE; STEROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; STEROIDOGENESIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREOPTIC AREA; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; PREGNANCY; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TESTIS;

EID: 0036796789     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.2002.00827.x     Document Type: Article

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