Androgen induces p130 mRNA expression in the neonatal rat hypothalamus

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 334, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 107-110

  Yonehara, Keisuke ^a   Suzuki, Masatoshi ^a   Yamanouchi, Keitaro ^a   Nishihara, Masugi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Androgen; Gene expression; Hypothalamus; p130; Real time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; Sexual differentiation of the brain

Indexed keywords

5ALPHA PREGNANE 3,20 DIONE; ANDROGEN; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN P130; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLOOD PROTEINS; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEINS; RATS; RETINOBLASTOMA-LIKE PROTEIN P130; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX FACTORS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0037073528     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)01114-X     Document Type: Article

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