Expression of Androgen Receptor mRNA in Zebra Finch Song System: Developmental Regulation by Estrogen

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 469, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 535-547

  Kim, Yong Hwan ^a   Perlman, William R ^a,b   Arnold, Arthur P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

In situ hybridization; Sexual differentiation; Song; Steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANTIESTROGEN; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; ESTROGEN; FADROZOLE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; CELL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LOBUS PAROLFACTORIUS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NEOSTRIATUM; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OPHTHALMIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PURKINJE CELL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SINGING; SONG SYSTEM; SONGBIRD; SYNAPSE; VETERINARY ANATOMY; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CELL COUNT; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ESTROGENS; FADROZOLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SONGBIRDS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0942298088     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.11033     Document Type: Article

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