DHEA and DHEA sulfate differentially regulate neural androgen receptor and its transcriptional activity

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 165-172

  Mo, Qianxing ^a   Lu, Shi Fang ^a   Hu, Shan ^a   Simon, Neal G ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; DHEA; DHEA Sulfate; Endocrine and autonomic regulation; Gene expression; Mouse; Neuroendocrine regulation: other; Neurosteroids

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ENZYME INHIBITOR; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; TRILOSTANE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL LINE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REPORTER GENE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADIPIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 3042841152     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbrainres.2004.05.001     Document Type: Article

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