Induction of PGE2 by estradiol mediates developmental masculinization of sex behavior

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 643-650

  Amateau, Stuart K ^a   McCarthy, Margaret M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; ESTRADIOL; INDOMETACIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; DENDRITIC SPINE; DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME REGULATION; FEMALE; MALE; MAMMAL; MASCULINITY; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; DINOPROSTONE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; INDOMETHACIN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 2542429265     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1254     Document Type: Article

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