Sex differences in the level of Bcl-2 family proteins and caspase-3 activation in the sexually dimorphic nuclei of the preoptic area in postnatal rats

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 66, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 1411-1419

  Tsukahara, Shinji ^a   Kakeyama, Masaki ^a   Toyofuku, Yuki ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl 2 family; Caspase 3; Preoptic area; Sex difference; Sexually dimorphic nucleus

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CELL MARKER; PROTEIN BAD; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL XL; PROTEIN NEUN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTEROVENTRAL PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREOPTIC AREA; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CASPASE 3; CELL NUCLEUS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; PREGNANCY; PREOPTIC AREA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 33750824588     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: 10974695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.20276     Document Type: Article

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