Spatiotemporal dynamics of the expression of estrogen receptors in the postnatal mouse brain

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 223-232

  Sugiyama, N ^a   Andersson, S ^a   Lathe, R ^b   Fan, X ^a   Alonso Magdalena, P ^a   Schwend, T ^a   Nalvarte, I ^a   Warner, M ^a   Gustafsson, J A ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Pieta Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3 Adiol; Central nervous system; Cytochrome P 450 enzyme system; Estrogen receptor ; Neuronal development; Puberty

Indexed keywords

17 BETA DIOL; ANDROSTANEDIOL; ANDROSTANOLONE; AROMATASE; EPIANDROSTERONE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SUCROSE DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; ORGAN SIZE; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RNA, MESSENGER; STEROID HYDROXYLASES;

EID: 58549113134     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mp.2008.118     Document Type: Article

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