Neuroanatomical specificity of sex differences in expression of aromatase mRNA in the quail brain

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 75-86

  Voigt, Cornelia ^a   Ball, Gregory F ^b   Balthazart, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatase; In situ hybridization; Japanese quail; mRNA; Preoptic area; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN TISSUE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPTICAL DENSITY; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUAIL; RNA TRANSLATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRIA TERMINALIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COTURNIX; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PREOPTIC AREA; RNA, MESSENGER; SEPTAL NUCLEI; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 33847355544     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2006.12.004     Document Type: Article

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