Neurodistribution of androgen receptor immunoreactivity in the male frog, Rana esculenta

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1040, Issue , 2005, Pages 332-336

  Guerriero, Giulia ^a,b   Prins, G S ^b   Birch, L ^b   Ciarcia, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Androgen receptor; Brain; PG 21

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE; TRITIUM;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROG; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFUNDIBULUM; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STEROID RELEASE; THALAMUS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANA ESCULENTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 22144456026     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1327.054     Document Type: Conference Paper

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