Sexual dimorphism and androgen regulation of satellite cell population in differentiating rat levator ani muscle

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 115-122

  Niel, Lee ^a   Willemsen, Kristin R ^a   Volante, Sonia N ^a   Monks, Douglas Ashley ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Bulbospongiosus; Levator ani; Myogenesis; Pax7; Satellite cells; Sexual differentiation; Spinal nucleus of the bulbocavernosus; Testosterone; Tfm mutation

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR TFM; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX7; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BULBOCAVERNOSUS MUSCLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SATELLITE CELL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; VIRILIZATION;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAX7 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SATELLITE CELLS, SKELETAL MUSCLE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 38149023205     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 1932846X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20580     Document Type: Article

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