Androgen and estrogen receptor-mediated mechanisms of testosterone action in male rat pelvic autonomic ganglia

Neuroscience

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 92-104

  Purves Tyson, T D ^a,b   Arshi, M S ^a   Handelsman, D J ^c   Cheng, Y ^a   Keast, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

autonomic ganglion; regeneration; steroid; urogenital

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTANOLONE; AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC GANGLION; AUTONOMIC NERVE; CELL SIZE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GANGLION; GONADECTOMY; HORMONE ACTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PENIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; CELL ENLARGEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROGENS; GANGLIA, AUTONOMIC; GANGLIA, PARASYMPATHETIC; GENITALIA, MALE; HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; MALE; NITRERGIC NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 34547669101     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.05.043     Document Type: Article

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