Aromatase, brain sexualization and plasticity: The fish paradigm

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2105-2115

  Le Page, Yann ^a   Diotel, Nicolas ^a   Vaillant, Colette ^a   Pellegrini, Elisabeth ^a   Anglade, Isabelle ^a   Mérot, Yohann ^a   Kah, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Cyp19; Estrogen; Neurogenesis; Radial glial cell; Sexualization; Steroid

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; ANDROGEN; AROMATASE; AROMATASE B; ESTRADIOL; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FISH; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIA CELL; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MALE; MAMMAL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX TRANSFORMATION; TELEOST; UPREGULATION;

EID: 78649997365     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07519.x     Document Type: Article

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