Age-related changes in hypothalamic androgen receptor and estrogen receptor α in male rats

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 512, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 688-701

  Wu, Di ^a   Lin, Grace ^a   Gore, Andrea C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Androgen receptor; Anteroventral periventricular nucleus (AVPV); Estrogen receptor; Medial preoptic nucleus (MPN); Median preoptic area (MePO)

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REPRODUCTION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STEREOLOGY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; BLOOD; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; MALE; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; REPRODUCTION; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 59049084388     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21925     Document Type: Article

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