Distribution of sex steroid hormone receptors in the brain of an african cichlid fish, astatotilapia burtoni

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 518, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 3302-3326

  Munchrath, Lauren A ^a   Hofmann, Hans A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

androgen receptor; estrogen receptor; hypothalamus; mesolimbic reward system; progesterone receptor; social behavior network

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; HORMONE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; SEX HORMONE; SEX STEROID HORMONE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; ASTATOTILAPIA BURTONI; BRAIN; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CICHLID; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DIENCEPHALON; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MODULATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TELENCEPHALON; TELEOST; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; VERTEBRATE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; GENETICS; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CICHLIDS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE;

EID: 77954597434     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22401     Document Type: Article

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