Gonadal steroid action and brain sex differentiation in the rat

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 410-414

  Sakuma, Yasuo ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Oestrogen; Oestrogen receptor; Preoptic area; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; SEX HORMONE;

APOPTOSIS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL MIGRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN; CELL MOVEMENT; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; MALE; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; ORGAN SIZE; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 63549117299     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2009.01856.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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