Changes in estrogen receptor-alpha mRNA in the mouse cortex during development

Brain Research

Volumn 1134, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 62-69

  Prewitt, Amanda K ^a   Wilson, Melinda E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortex; Development; Estrogen receptor; Mouse; mRNA

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; ESTROGEN BINDING; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGING; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOWN-REGULATION; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RNA, MESSENGER; UP-REGULATION;

MUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 33846384744     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.11.069     Document Type: Article

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