Presence of aromatase and estrogen receptor alpha in the inner ear of zebra finches

Hearing Research

Volumn 252, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 49-55

  Noirot, Isabelle C ^a,c   Adler, Henry J ^b,f   Cornil, Charlotte A ^c,d   Harada, Nobuhiro ^e   Dooling, Robert J ^a   Balthazart, Jacques ^c   Ball, Gregory F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basilar papilla; Estradiol; Hair cell; Songbird; Steroid hormone

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; AROMATASE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FLUORESCEIN; PHALLOIDIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEMALE; FINCH; HEARING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INNER EAR; MALE; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; EAR, INNER; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; FINCHES; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; ORGAN OF CORTI; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 67349268911     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2009.04.012     Document Type: Article

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