Brain aromatase (Cyp19A2) and estrogen receptors, in larvae and adult pejerrey fish Odontesthes bonariensis: Neuroanatomical and functional relations

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 191-201

  Strobl Mazzulla, Pablo H ^a   Lethimonier, Christèle ^b   Gueguen, Marie Madeleine ^b   Karube, Makiko ^c   Fernandino, Juan I ^a   Yoshizaki, Goro ^c   Patiño, Reynaldo ^d   Strüssmann, Carlos A ^c   Kah, Olivier ^b   Somoza, Gustavo M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Brain; Estrogen receptor; Sex differentiation; Teleost

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LARVA; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UPREGULATION;

EID: 50949092942     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2008.07.006     Document Type: Article

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