Perinatal androgenization prevents age-related neuron loss in the sexually dimorphic nucleus of the preoptic area in female rats

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 54-60

  Yang, Shaw Lang ^a   Chen, Yu Yang ^a   Hsieh, Ya Lun ^a   Jin, Su Hwa ^a   Hsu, Hseng Kuang ^a   Hsu, Chin ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aging; Apoptosis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANDROGEN THERAPY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APOPTOSIS; FEMALE; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; NEURONS; OVARIECTOMY; PREGNANCY; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 7544224420     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000080712     Document Type: Article

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