Steroid receptors in the adult zebra finch syrinx: A sex difference in androgen receptor mRNA, minimal expression of estrogen receptor α and aromatase

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 192-199

  Veney, Sean L ^a   Wade, Juli ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatase assay; In situ hybridization; Singing behavior; Songbird; Steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; AROMATASE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; MESSENGER RNA; STEROID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN; OVARY; OVIDUCT; PERICHONDRIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYRINX; TISSUE; VETERINARY ANATOMY;

EID: 1542404522     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2003.12.017     Document Type: Article

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