Androgen receptor expression in the developing male and female rat visual and prefrontal cortex

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 293-302

  Nunez J L ^a,c   Huppenbauer, C B ^b   McAbee, M D ^b   Juraska, J M ^a   DonCarlos, L L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell death; Prefrontal cortex; Sex differences; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; STEROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL DENSITY; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0042123829     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.10236     Document Type: Article

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