The control of sexual differentiation of the reproductive system and brain

Reproduction

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 331-359

  Wilson, C A ^a   Davies, D C ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 OCTYLPHENOL; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ANDROGEN; ANTIANDROGEN; AROCLOR; CATECHOLAMINE; CHLORDECONE; COUMESTROL; DAIDZEIN; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; DOPAMINE; ESTRADIOL; GENISTEIN; ISOFLAVONE; METHOXYCHLOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NORADRENALIN; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR DAX 1; OPIATE; PHTHALIC ACID; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SEROTONIN; SEX HORMONE; STEROID; STEROID RECEPTOR; TESTIS DETERMINING FACTOR; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9;

BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEPOLARIZATION; FEMINIZATION; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENITAL SYSTEM; GONADAL DYSGENESIS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPERPOLARIZATION; LEYDIG CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SERTOLI CELL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SRY GENE; SYNAPTOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, SRY; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDERS; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

RODENTIA;

EID: 33847663447     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-06-0078     Document Type: Review

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