Gonadal steroid receptors colocalize with central nervous system neurons projecting to the rat prostate gland

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 292, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Huddleston, Gloria G ^a   Song, C Kay ^a   Paisley, Jacquelyn C ^a   Bartness, Timothy J ^a   Clancy, Andrew N ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Autonomic nervous system; Estrogen receptor; Pseudorabies virus; Sexual behavior; Tract tracing

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; STEROID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PSEUDORABIES HERPETOVIRUS; RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PROSTATE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, STEROID; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 34447522058     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00667.2006     Document Type: Article

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