Genotype-dependent sex differentiation of dopaminergic neurons in primary cultures of embryonic mouse brain

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 93, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 136-142

  Sibug, Rosana ^a,c   Küppers, Eva ^a   Beyer, Cordian ^a   Maxson, Stephen C ^b   Pilgrim, Christof ^a   Reiserta, Ingrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c University of the Philippines Diliman   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Culture; Dopamine uptake; Genotype; HPLC; Inter strain variability; Sex difference; Sex steroid; Tyrosine hydroxylase immunocytochemistry

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE UPTAKE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0343586525     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-3806(96)00024-7     Document Type: Article

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