Reduced prepubertal expression of progesterone receptor in the hypothalamus of female aromatase knockout mice

Endocrinology

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1814-1821

  Brock, Olivier ^a   Douhard, Quentin ^a   Baum, Michael J ^b   Bakker, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTEROVENTRAL PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; WILD TYPE;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; AROMATASE; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77950250921     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2009-1379     Document Type: Article

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