Overlap and co-expression of estrogen synthetic and responsive neurons in the songbird brain - A double-label immunocytochemical study

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 66-75

  Saldanha, Colin J ^a   Coomaralingam, Luckshman ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Sex difference; Testosterone; Zebra fish

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTROGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN TISSUE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NERVE CELL; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOMATIC CELL; SONGBIRD; STRIA TERMINALIS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

EID: 13544274320     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2004.11.013     Document Type: Article

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