Effects of estradiol, sex, and season on estrogen receptor alpha mRNA expression and forebrain morphology in adult green anole lizards

Neuroscience

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 577-586

  Beck, L A ^a   Wade, J ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

amygdala; preoptic area; steroid hormone receptor; ventromedial hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; LANTHANUM; MESSENGER RNA; STEROID HORMONE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; COURTSHIP; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; LIZARD; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ZONA INCERTA;

AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CASTRATION; CELL COUNT; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIZARDS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PREOPTIC AREA; PROSENCEPHALON; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 64449085615     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.02.060     Document Type: Article

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