Androgen regulates brain-derived neurotrophic factor in spinal motoneurons and their target musculature

Endocrinology

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 253-261

  Verhovshek, Tom ^a   Cai, Yi ^a   Osborne, Mark C ^a   Sengelaub, Dale R ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANDROGEN THERAPY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CASTRATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MALE; MUSCLE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; ORCHIECTOMY; ORGAN SIZE; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINE; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 73649085512     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2009-1036     Document Type: Article

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