Estrogen-induced developmental disorders of the rat penis involve both estrogen receptor (ESR)- and androgen receptor (AR)-mediated pathways

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 507-516

  Goyal, Hari O ^a   Braden, T D ^b   Williams, C S ^a   Williams, J W ^a  

^a TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Erectile dysfunction; Estradiol; Estradiol receptor; Estrogen; Estrogen receptor; Penis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTANOLONE; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FULVESTRANT; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INFERTILITY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PENIS DISEASE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STROMA CELL;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PENILE DISEASES; PENIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDERS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTOSTERONE;

RATTUS;

EID: 69849106578     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.108.071951     Document Type: Article

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