Expression and estrogen-dependent regulation of the zebrafish brain aromatase gene

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 485, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 304-320

  Menuet, Arnaud ^a   Pellegrini, Elisabeth ^a   Brion, François ^b   Gueguen, Marie Madeleine ^a   Anglade, Isabelle ^a   Pakdel, Farzad ^a   Kah, Olivier ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES INERIS   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Brain; Estradiol; Estrogen receptor; Radial glia; Teleost fish

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; EMBRYO; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GLIA CELL; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LARVA; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLFACTORY BULB; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TELENCEPHALON; UPREGULATION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; BRAIN; CELL LINE; CRICETINAE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; RATS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 16344367252     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20497     Document Type: Article

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