Distribution of androgen receptor mrna expression in vocal, auditory, and neuroendocrine circuits in a teleost fish

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 518, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 493-512

  Forlano, Paul M ^a   Marchaterre, Margaret ^a   Deitcher, David L ^a   Bass, Andrew H ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Estrogen receptor; Hearing; Hypothalamus; Inner ear; Vocal control system

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; AROMATASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLIA CELL; HEARING; HYPOTHALAMUS; INNER EAR; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TELEOST; THALAMUS MEDIALIS CENTRALIS NUCLEUS; VERTEBRATE; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BRAIN; BRAIN STEM; EAR, INNER; FEMALE; FISHES; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RNA, MESSENGER; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 77949348013     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22233     Document Type: Article

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