Mechanisms underlying estrogen-induced sexual differentiation in the hypothalamus

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 21, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 317-324

  Ohtani Kaneko, Ritsuko ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Estrogen receptor; Genomic; Non genomic

Indexed keywords

17ALPHA ESTRADIOL; 8 BROMO CYCLIC AMP; CALCIUM; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FULVESTRANT; GONADORELIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE 5' O (3 THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; INOSITOL 1,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR COACTIVATOR 2; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY PROTEIN 95; PROTEIN KINASE B; STEROID RECEPTOR COACTIVATOR 1; STEROID RECEPTOR COACTIVATOR 3; TAMOXIFEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1; UNINDEXED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL ACTIVITY; DNA BINDING; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HORMONE INHIBITION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS FUNCTION; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; LIGAND BINDING; LORDOSIS; MOUSE STRAIN; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RECEPTOR BINDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTOR CROSS-TALK; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 29844437518     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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