Androgen decreases dopamine neurone survival in rat midbrain

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 238-247

  Johnson, M L ^a   Day, A E ^a   Ho, C C ^a   Walker, Q D ^a   Francis, R ^a   Kuhn, C M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgens; Dopamine

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; TESTOSTERONE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RAT; STEREOLOGY; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL SURVIVAL; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; DOPAMINE; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONS; ORCHIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TESTOSTERONE; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 77952512635     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2010.01965.x     Document Type: Article

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