Contributions of estrogen receptor-α and estrogen receptor-β to the regulation of behavior

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1800, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1084-1089

  Tetel, Marc J ^a   Pfaff, Donald W ^b  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Estrogen receptor; Hypothalamus; Lordosis; Preoptic area; Progestin receptor; Sexual differentiation; Steroid receptor coactivator 1 (SRC 1)

Indexed keywords

1,3,5 TRIS(4 HYDROXYPHENYL) 4 PROPYLPYRAZOLE; 3BETA ANDROSTANEDIOL; ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; DIARYLPROPIONITRILE; DNA; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; SELECTIVE ANDROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATOR; STEROID RECEPTOR COACTIVATOR 1; TAMOXIFEN; TESTOSTERONE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA, HUMAN;

AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DRUG MECHANISM; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LORDOSIS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 77956180415     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2010.01.008     Document Type: Review

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