Sex differences in androgen and estrogen receptor expression in rat substantia nigra during development: An immunohistochemical study

Neuroscience

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 685-696

  Ravizza, T ^a   Galanopoulou, A S ^a   Veliskova J ^a   Moshe S L ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonadal steroid receptors; Midbrain; Ontogeny; Protein expression; Rodent; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DOWN-REGULATION; EPILEPSY; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

EID: 0037049245     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(02)00491-8     Document Type: Article

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