Expression of estrogen receptors (α, β) and androgen receptor in serotonin neurons of the rat and mouse dorsal raphe nuclei; sex and species differences

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 185-196

  Sheng, Zijing ^a   Kawano, June ^a   Yanai, Akie ^a   Fujinaga, Ryutaro ^a   Tanaka, Mayumi ^a   Watanabe, Yoshifumi ^a   Shinoda, Koh ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Depression; Immunohistochemistry; Sex difference; Sex steroid; Species difference

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; SEROTONIN; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONS; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SEROTONIN; SEX FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 2342612734     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2004.02.011     Document Type: Article

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