Reproductive status regulates expression of sex steroid and GnRH receptors in the olfactory bulb

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 208-217

  Maruska, Karen P ^a   Fernald, Russell D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Aromatase; Astatotilapia burtoni; Estrogen receptor; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; MRNA; Olfaction; Teleost

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA A; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA B; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR 1; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR 2; MESSENGER RNA; SEX HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 11-KETOTESTOSTERONE; AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTATOTILAPIA BURTONI; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; CICHLID; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; CICHLIDS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; OLFACTORY BULB; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RECEPTORS, LHRH; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 77953914499     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2010.04.058     Document Type: Article

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