Sex differences in brain and plasma β-endorphin content following testosterone, dihydrotestosterone and estradiol administration to gonadectomized rats

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 411-423

  Pluchino, Nicola ^a   Ninni, Filippo ^a   Casarosa, Elena ^a   Giannini, Andrea ^a   Merlini, Sara ^a   Cubeddu, Alessandra ^a   Luisi, Michele ^a   Cela, Vito ^a   Genazzani, Andrea Riccardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endorphin; Brain; Dihydrotestosterone; Rats; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; BETA ENDORPHIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL VALERATE; PLACEBO; TESTOSTERONE;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GONADECTOMY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HYPOPHYSIS INTERMEDIATE LOBE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BETA-ENDORPHIN; BRAIN; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 67650228332     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000209506     Document Type: Article

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