Fish with thermolabile sex determination (TSD) as models to study brain sex differentiation

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 470-477

  Blázquez, Mercedes ^a,b   Somoza, Gustavo M ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b CSIC Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal IATS   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Brain; Neurogenesis; Sex determination; Sex differentiation

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; BRAIN ENZYME; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FORKHEAD BOX PROTEIN L2; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; NEUROHORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; GLIA CELL; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX RATIO; TELEOST; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOLABILE SEX DETERMINATION;

EID: 77951978174     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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