Age-dependent differential expression of genes involved in steroid signalling pathway in the brain of protandrous black porgy, Acanthopagrus schlegeli

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 299-313

  Tomy, Sherly ^a   Wu, Guan Chyng ^a   Hyang, Horng Ru ^a   Chang, Ching Fong ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Brain; Estradiol; Neurosteroidogenic genes; Sex differentiation

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; LIVER RECEPTOR HOMOLOG 1; NEUROSTEROID; STEROID HORMONE; STEROID RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ACANTHOPAGRUS SCHLEGELI; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN REGION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HATCHING; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RELEASE; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPORAL LOBE; TISSUE LEVEL;

AGING; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; BRAIN; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FISH PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; PERCIFORMES; RECEPTORS, STEROID; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 65649121224     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: 10974695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20705     Document Type: Article

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