Sex differences and the roles of sex steroids in apoptosis of sexually dimorphic nuclei of the preoptic area in postnatal rats

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 370-376

  Tsukahara, Shinji ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bax; Bcl 2; Caspase 3; Oestrogen

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CASPASE 3; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CASPASE 3; CELL COUNT; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; NEURONS; PREOPTIC AREA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RATS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 63549114814     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2009.01855.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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