An androgen-dependent sexual dimorphism visible at puberty in the rat hypothalamus

Neuroscience

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 630-642

  Ciofi, P ^a,b   Lapirot, O C ^a,b   Tramu, G ^b  

^a INSTITUT FRANÇOIS MAGENDIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

arcuate nucleus; dynorphin; estradiol; median eminence; neurokinin B; tanycytes

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; NEUROKININ B; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MASCULINITY; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; PERIKARYON; PHENOTYPE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUBERTY; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 34247385518     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.02.028     Document Type: Article

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