Testosterone metabolites differentially maintain adult morphology in a sexually dimorphic neuromuscular system

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 206-221

  Verhovshek, Tom ^a   Buckley, Katherine E ^a   Sergent, Melissa A ^a   Sengelaub, Dale R ^a  

^a Program in Neuroscience   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendrites; Gonadal hormones; Motoneurons; Rat; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; CHOLERA TOXIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; FADROZOLE; FINASTERIDE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; MALE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE LENGTH; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGING; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; CHOLESTENONE 5 ALPHA-REDUCTASE; DENDRITES; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESTROGENS; FADROZOLE; FINASTERIDE; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORCHIECTOMY; RATS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 77649163851     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 10974695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20780     Document Type: Article

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