Androgen receptor immunoreactivity in rat occipital cortex after callosotomy

European Journal of Histochemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 163-168

  Lepore, Gianluca ^a   Gadau, S ^a   Mura, A ^a   Arru, B ^a   Mulliri, G ^a   Zedda, M ^a   Farina, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Callosotomy; Corticocortical connections; Rat; Right occipital cortex

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SURGERY; CALLOSOTOMY; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONADECTOMY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SHAM PROCEDURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WESTERN BLOTTING; WISTAR RAT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FERTILITY; METABOLISM; OCCIPITAL LOBE; ORCHIECTOMY;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

ANIMALS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FERTILITY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; ORCHIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 60749125059     PISSN: 1121760X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/1207     Document Type: Article

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