Asymmetric calmodulin distribution in the hypothalamus: Role of sexual differentiation in the rat

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 72, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 189-195

  Rodríguez Medina, Marco A ^a   Reyes, Alejandro ^a   Chavarría, María Eugenia ^a   Vergara Onofre, Marcela ^b   Canchola, Enrique ^b,c   Rosado, Adolfo ^b  

^a Hospital Luis Castelazo Ayala   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA   (Mexico)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bilateral asymmetry; Calmodulin; Hypothalamus; Sexual differentiation; Tamoxifen; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CALMODULIN; TAMOXIFEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CALMODULIN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TAMOXIFEN; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 1842864459     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(01)00755-9     Document Type: Article

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