Effects of the testicular feminization mutation (tfm) of the androgen receptor gene on BSTMPM volume and morphology in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 419, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 168-171

  Durazzo, Alfredo ^a   Morris, John A ^a   Breedlove, S Marc ^a   Jordan, Cynthia L ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen insensitivity; Androgen receptor; Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; BST; MePD; Sexual differentiation; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

ANDROGEN INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TESTICULAR FEMINIZATION;

ANDROGEN-INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; ATROPHY; CELL SIZE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RATS, MUTANT STRAINS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SEPTAL NUCLEI; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 34248152674     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.04.033     Document Type: Article

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